**The big Cats and why their future is in so much turmoil

The King and Queen

of the jungles wild

and therein

we  know lies every child

who fights for life

and for glory too

as the trophy hunter

rumbles through

in his 4by 4

with his rifle cocked

with his ammunition

and the soul he’s hocked

to the karma farmer,

who’ll check him in

set up the ambush

and commit the sin

and other sharp shooters

will be on each flank

who submerge humanity

dark and rank

who caressed the cubs

and who locked the gate

canned hunting

something to berate

its the vilest, nastiest

lure I know

to participate

proves just how low

life can become

in the hunters  soul

when he pays the price

and loses control

an insensitive moment

as the guns are fired

and a brave soul dies

he is mystified

up till then  humans

were his friends

but this is where the story ends

a trophy head

on a dusty wall

and another Lion

that had to fall

deprived of breath

and the suns hot glare

by cowards who

remain still unaware