Tribesman

There is a tribesman deep within
alert to countless subtle shifts
regarding prevailing conditions,
in the teeming forests all about.

He is the ever vigilant guardian
with inborn instincts finely honed
He knows that you are lurking near,
and there's more than one of you.

He sensed you long before you came
he is only ever these questions;
are you friend ?
are you foe ?

There is nothing you can say or do;
no signal you can show to fool him.
What he needs to know is clear,
coursing through his primal veins.