Orangutan the soulful red ape

It’s so green,
you just feel it
Your swallowed up,
that buzz!
Insects wander
everywhere
And certainly
it does
Rapidly envelop you
The steamy sensuous heat
That seems to penetrate
your every follicle,
You eat
The nuts and fruits
you forage for
Upon the litter wet
The slightest movement,
leaves you soaked
In a new skin called sweat
The forest, in the canopy
Orangutans are there
Living, gobbling down the durian,
that’s everywhere
That luscious sweet
inviting tang of heaven
here on earth
Many a western traveller
has given it wide berth
Courageous red haired creature’s
just pluck the heavy fruit
Armed with vicious pointed spines
And single handedly, root
out the creamy segments
Smacking their soft lips
Once upon a time
the Great Ape ruled
all flying trips
The green wet mist
Is hanging like a curtain
from the sky
The money grabbing
care for nothing
loggers mosey by
Taking out the forest
As perilously we sit
Wondering, remembering
the great fire has been lit
It burns across our being
It scorches every hair
It runs across the forest floor
And bursts into the air
All sorts of species cooked alive
And we, too, feel the stress
Each tree that hits the forest floor
Creates just further mess
We love the folk of OFI
who give us love and care
Protecting us,
and helping our young orphans
to prepare
for life without their parents
Its stressful, to be sure
A plea for all Orangutan’s
Which please do not ignore