Sense Sonnet - Acher

Jumping Jeopardy

The arctic barnacle geese do
Hatch in their nests in cliffs on high.
Sometime that day the goslings new
Must make a leap into the sky,
Down to the grass to eat below,
Which the parent geese will not bring.
Why not? - only the geese do know.
Perilous fall for each gosling,
Most of the chicks survive the fall,
So lightweight when they hit the ground.
But there the dangers lurk for all -
So many predators around.

Fewer than half will live for good,
Making it to their adulthood.