I’m only an animal
What do I know ?
I sit and gaze at receding snow
I wonder why, 10 years past
I stood at this spot in icy blast
Mysteriously it’s disappeared
So it’s father North I’ll go I fear
I’m lost now in a barren land
Devoid of life the grounds just sand
My coat is still a snowy white
I stick out like a shining light
I look back south
With dimming eyes
The pall of smoke it darkens skies
My friends of forest with terror fly
Their frightened eyes do wonder why?
Racing round in total panic
The earth is sinking as Titanic
Their homes are all now burnt down
Their hunting grounds they’re out of town
I’m wandering unfamiliar lands
No food no shelter I’m prey to man
But I’m only an animal
I’ve packed my bags , I’m nearly gone
Consigned to history over and done
I’m the last on earth
I stand forlorn, And stand alone
Gazing up as cold as stone
My mortal body it slumps down
to Mother Earth its whispered sound
The very one that gave me birth
goodbye forever , Mother Earth
My shadow soul it sheds a tear
At my dead husk, it’s now all clear
Us animals were not built to last ,
Mankind will follow us
And fast
08/03/2024
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