Short but not so sweet, poor thing. Nice job at a succinct entry that still fits the bill of the challenge, and quite well at that.
LoA

I like how you didn’t say the “defensive” part out right; you gave the readers some time to figure it out themselves. And nice repetition.

Poetry is not really my bag (funny how there are never enough aliens in it :-D )

But I felt the emotion in this one. Well done!

LoA

ah, great job. too many people are like that arent they?