i remember them beating the animals

i only saw one of them
large, content, and magnificent
laying on her side, with one eye open
and wondering if she could see me, looking down upon her, 
impressed and saddened,
as she lay there, underneath her rock,
in her own home, where she thought she was safe.

the man and the woman, today
probably have no recollection,
but i am still changed, and i got away.