Please leave my mother alone she is the only person I know

I realize when I look at her

that I am a miniature mum

every bit of me is like her

and I do need some

time to understand this

great wide world

that exists for I

respect her consideration

and caring love and its why

she has my admiration

I am awe struck by her size

I honour her completely

for she is immensely wise

I pay homage to her daily

she commands respect from me

I idolize her really

but don’t stand on ceremony

to see her is to feel her

to feel her is to know

she has the love of

many epochs

in her that does flow

her caring as my mother

I truly do admire

and that human beings

are prepared to kill her 

is so dire

some are so called hunters

killer/ assassins who believe

they have the right to do this

despite how we do grieve

we become immediately orphans

guaranteed

to die out in the bush alongside

her

yes it can lead

to this upsetting scenario

the outcome can be so

and then we come to the poachers

evil hunters who can show

up with guns and power saws

or machete’s and they will

hack off mothers aging horn

which certainly does kill

to witness this explosion

this erosion of true will

to imagine this violation

and watch as the blood does spill

to hear her cry and chortle

to feel her thumping heart

to cry alongside mother

as time forces us to part

I am a baby Rhino

I am sensitive as hell

every move out in the wild

really it could spell

the end of my beloved

mother as we know

hunter men and poachers

their numbers now do grow

the rangers who would protect us

are few and far between

so my appeal is to all of you

to try to stop those mean

spirited individuals

who care only for their souls

who hunt and kill just for the thrill

or take on the crucial roles

of be our  assassins to sell our horns

away

to China and the vile black markets

for which we now all  pay

Help me   help us

help my mother remain my mother

until I can fight my own battles