I am an orphan already

I’m a baby
Chained already
I Have sadly lost my mother
To a poacher guy
He wanted a trophy
And she became his soul
And I am left to be broken in
Phajaan to be the goal

This rocky soil is uncomfortable
The chain is horrid too
Inexperienced I am Of life
And no not what to do
I do so miss my mother
To help me through each day
She is at the rainbow bridge
For Forever and a day

Everyday feels the same to me
I imagine she is there
Nobody to love me here
Nobody to care
Just myself and this rotten chain
That chafes my leg and hurts my brain
Dispirited and cheerless
i can no longer play
I cant get to the water
it seems I have to pay
In the freedom I was use to
What a wretched state
To be in at so young and age
With years now just to wait

To wait for man to beat me
To tope me in the crate
To stuck his sticks into me
Its not something I rate
They need to break my spirit
So I can become their slave
Mother promised me she would save me
My dear mum was brave

And now perhaps the circus
Is all that I can expect
Or giving rides to children
Those I can’t eject
And if I have another sixty years
How can this be
A lot of time to remember
My darling sweet mummy

And perhaps if they get me working
In the logging trade
I might manage to lose my footing
Or purposefully raid
A village and be shot by them
So I can join mama
At the rainbow bridge
Sometime
For she used to call me star

I am a sad little elephant
Missing my dear mum