Author's note: For those who don't know, Chomper is living in the Great Valley with Littlefoot and the others now, thanks to the television series which is set after the movie series. He sustains himself off of insects there, being relatively small. However, he won't be such a tiny Sharptooth forever, so I decided to address in this poem what he may be feeling as he starts getting older.
Fear of the Future
Fear is welling up in me.
The future, I don't want to see.
Just for now, it's bugs I eat.
Boy, they sure are quite a treat.
But soon a time will surely come,
When meals aren't such a measly sum.
To live on, it's meat I need.
May such a time come without speed.
I can't imagine what my friends will think.
My terrible dilemma does really stink.
For what awaits, what can I do?
My life here is surely through.
When my friends leave, my life is gone.
I can never again embrace the dawn.
I'll have to live with my own kind.
I'll have to accept my carnivorous mind.
Oh, my heart aches with pain.
All my worries are made in vain.
My darkest fear will come to light.
Someday, I will have to fight.
Soon my life will fill with blood.
I will battle in the grass and mud.
To all my friends, I'll wish them well.
My time with them was surely swell.
So for now, I can only wait.
Though life is cruel, I accept my fate.
Fear is welling up in me.
My future is sadly going to be.
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