Elephant

ELEPHANT

                                                 

She plods deliberately along the mango trail,

her sons and sister following close behind.

They take the path marked out by generations,

their goal a clump of ripe fruit trees.

Mama Elephant, how I admire

your steadfast, caring nature.

Your loyalty and courage inspire me,

your memory and persistence impress.

On behalf of wayward, callous humans

I beg your forbearance if not forgiveness.

Why should this model of strength and dignity

receive, not praise, but cruel abuse?

Forced into human wars, like horses,

at the mercy of trainers with cattle prods.

Every day, in so many ways, the elephant,

has been misused and humiliated,

stripped of her family, her home and freedom,

killed by poachers for her tusks.

Humans have seldom tried to compromise,

wanting it all our way, regardless of cost.

I’m waiting for a world and time

when Elephant, with other animals,

Will be regarded by humanity

With kindness and respect.

Peggy C.

See Mama Elephant and her family on youtube
at https://vimeo.com/137109275
Beautiful videos of their progression through
the lobby at Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia's 
South Luangwa National Park

Environmental Attitude

Environmental Attitude

 A cat explores her habitat.

"What's that I see upon the mat? A pin, you say?  
How very strange,

I didn't plan to rearrange

the furniture.  Well, never mind, 
one never knows what one will find."

A dog explores his habitat.

"Oh, where's my Boy?  We need

to chat.  Aha, I see him over there,

let's go, Boy!  Come on, off that chair!

New chair, you say? I didn't see,

'cause Boy is here to play with me."

Cats and the New Age

Do cats have chakras

and theta waves?

Would cats do yoga 

if so inclined?

Do cats make contact

with altered states?

Should cats be raising

their consciousness?

No - cats have no need

of "new age" ways,

'cause cats have been there

and done it all!