Beasts dwarfed in Artificial Homes

The rhythm of this land is freedom:

The wild beasts ought to walk free,

Prey and predator complimenting each other,

The birds flying around without demur

And catch their worms while still warm.



But now the belligerent man have colonized this land;

He build fences to cage nature's creation, see

The birds and animals are caged,

Cut away from their natural habitats.



Leopard, lion, and cheetah can't

Enjoy the thrill of the chase, they are tamed,

And naked they are to the prying eyes of man,

Their food tied on ledges and rationed,

The birds peg on organic grain

Instead of worms and pollen.



The rhythm of this land has been broken

By the careless hand and heart of man,

The beasts are dwarfed in artificial homes

So murky with mud, sludge and shit,

Over this landscape they have wound a fence

And build concrete walls round natural habitats

And mocked God in his work.



See here, eyes stunned with the madness of man,

Their quest to break through the cages and fences

To go back to the wild and be free!

To deconstruct the tragic artificial yoke, and get back

Home to where nature determine their destiny.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I wrote this while pondering over the logic of caging leopards in some
'investor's' home so close to a popular game reserve in Kenya. I mean they have enough land to roam around free!

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