An awareness born of consciousness
\nA philosophy of being
\nIn the now of reasoning
\nAnd perception and all seeing
\nVitalism verging on an meditative desire
\nTo pit ones wits
\nAnd be wrapped in thought
\nWith ones hunting heart of fire<\/p>\n
Millions of years of learning
\nConcentrated through
\nEvery adaptation
\nAll working for you
\nEvery association
\nOf ideas in the pot
\nInventiveness and insight
\nAnd an eternal plot<\/p>\n
A wild Lion is distinguishable
\nHe really is the King
\nPre programmed and consistent
\nWith trying to bring
\nAll that keen assertiveness
\nAnd willingness to be
\nAn integral part of a lineage
\nAnd ofcourse his ancestry<\/p>\n
Wild and clearly able
\nTo hunt and to succeed
\nWith all the implanted knowledge
\nAnd the will to lead
\nAble to assimilate
\nAnd harmonize with all
\nAnd the individuality
\nYes actually to rule<\/p>\n
Imagine swollen headed
\nHubristic in a way
\nPuffed up and inflated
\nOn any given day
\nOften on one’s high horse
\nLacking humility
\nAn opinionated self styled man
\nAs immodest as can be<\/p>\n
For sure he is conceited
\nAnd exaggerates a lot
\nThinks he’s god almighty
\nEmbarrassed No he is not
\nIgnorant of many things
\nAnd arrogant as well
\nThinks that he can tame wild Lions
\nAnd their performance sell<\/p>\n
He has an inner loathing
\nFor the wildness some perceive
\nNo courtesy of spirit
\nHe cannot believe
\nThat wild Lions should be living
\nIn Africa where they
\nWere created and were placed
\nHe says
\nThat does not save their day<\/p>\n
A circus life is special
\nIts a chance for man to shine
\nTo do whats right by animals
\nAlready theres a sign
\nOf ignorance and arrogance
\nAnd an enslavement underway
\nThat steals the soul from the feline tribe
\nAnd really makes it pay<\/p>\n
It truly is wrongheadedness
\nUnjustifiability
\nCapturing the wildness
\nTo tame it and unfittingly
\nCondemn it to a cage and a circus
\nAnd the tricks
\nIt really is iniquitous
\nA life is knocked for six<\/p>\n
There is surely a duty
\nAn obligation we
\nAre answerable to Bastet
\nFor an eternity
\nLack of respect the irreverence
\nOf neglect of a wild soul
\nRun down and disparaged
\nAnd under mans control<\/p>\n
My explanation to Chipperfield and his license to
\nTame wild Lions for his circus performance<\/p>\n
Know whats right and whats wrong and leave the big cats
\nWell alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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