Lions

The kings of the jungle

magnificent animals

have reached a level of interest

from some

who will shoot them and kill them

for financial gain

a cash cow in fact

and the hum

of a truck full of poachers

the bones fetching thousands

the skin has a value

the flesh used as  meat

what is now remarkable

Lions have a rarity

and so do the markets

which surely unseat

they grow by the day

this spectacular earthling

is needing protection

its glory and  power

has been frittered away

whats seen as its market

its value thats rising

infact every day

there may be 300o Lions left

in the wildness

another 8000 bred

to be shot

this the progression

and darkness surrounding

the king of the jungle

probably now is not

for habitat loss

has taken a great toll

brought the  wild souls much closer

and we

see a growing  acceptance

of capture and slaughter

and reasons to do it

are lucratively

out there

there’s markets developed

to do this

markets established

at home and abroad

the Lion once a formidable

adversorial prospect

is now easy pickings

which some can afford

Lions need protection

from us

from our greed

Lions  have such value

and where it does lead

is to markets and people

ready to try

to kill and dismember

its value is high

its rarity growing

a market where we

see more and more interest

where more purposefully

go out of their way

to involve themselves in

the business of murder

perhaps for their skin

in the last 50 years

the great human mind

has devleoped a liking

for all it can find

that can make lots of money

and establish a way

to not even think

what now happens today

to hunt and to do it

just for the  game

for the infamy

obvious and for the claim

that you’ve shot a lion

that you above all

with a shot or a bolt

answered the call

got the result

that camaraderie

that spunk that flows

where ever the great hunter man

kind of goes

in certain quarters

this lust is there’s

the Lion though

is not party

to those affairs

he’s now a commodity

and he’s bought and sold

and in effect

worth his weight in gold

So protection is sought

for if he is to be

around for much longer

in wild lands to see

man has to take stock

has to put up a fight

against other men

ready to kill

yes on sight

and that’s where we are

those who would kill

and those who would

fight to save him

the thrill for them both

is a thrill they take on

who wins

who can say

till the last Lion has gone

then we will know

then we shall see

and that may be not too far off

tragically