As many as 356 Elephants
\nHave crashed to the ground
\nAnd have tragically died
\nBotswana is mourning their loss
\nAs am I
\nWhy is it a mystery
\nStill far and wide<\/p>\n
The bafflement really
\nThe humiliation
\nAs survivors we do feel let down
\nYes we do
\nAnd MASISI we call It\u2019s a shame you can\u2019t hear us
\nFrustrated We all are and that\u2019s surely true<\/p>\n
A cruel disappointment
\nAnd regrets all around
\nUnfulfilled expectations
\nIt\u2019s something we have found
\nUpsetting that our leader
\nFeels hunting is right
\nAnd that Ivory sales
\nAre Not such a blight<\/p>\n
The stools that you gave
\nMade of our relations feet
\nNamibia Zambia Zimbabwe
\nYour treat
\nfor them possibly
\nBut such an insult
\nWe elephants suffering
\nFrom the result<\/p>\n
The EWB said its clear
\nWhat they saw
\nSo many of us
\nDead on the floor
\nDisillusionment,suffering
\nTwixt the cup and the lip
\nWe are dying in droves
\nTrip after trip<\/p>\n
We are balked and are thwarted
\nYes suffering so
\nAs one after another
\nOur comrades they slow
\nThey suffer we suffer
\nAnd still it\u2019s his view
\nThat hunting now
\nWould be a good thing to do<\/p>\n
Shoot to kill poaching
\nWas not an idea
\nHe wanted to see
\nThat\u2019s when a tear
\nFell from each eye
\nIn the Okavanga
\nSo many friends
\nAre feeling the anger<\/p>\n
MASISI our plea
\nIn the rumbles you hear
\nWe want you to move
\nFor its now very clear
\nThe prognostication
\nThat something is wrong
\nSomeone is at it
\nThat doesn\u2019t belong<\/p>\n
In the delta this evil
\nHonestly you
\nHad best get off the fence
\nThe need is to do
\nSomething constructive
\nAnd change tact
\nOr we
\nWill lose more and more Of us
\nConsequently<\/p>\n
It\u2019s incomprehensible
\nSat on your hands
\nWe are not getting anywhere
\nWe need to make plans
\nYou need to stop hunting
\nStop Attracting those fools
\nIt\u2019s not novel to slaughter
\nAnd we hear those calls<\/p>\n
We feel the agony
\nThe Delta\u2019s alive
\nWith misunderstanding
\nWe need to survive<\/p>\n
Mokgweetsi MASISI
\nFor goodness sake you
\nMust extract your finger
\nAnd prove that you do
\nLove us and want us
\nEnough is enough
\nAll the tribes
\nLive in fear
\nBotswana is tough<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not anthrax nor poaching
\nIt\u2019s not hunting oh dear
\nIt\u2019s none of the normal
\nBut great shafts of fear
\nFly in the face
\nOf so many who still
\nWalk in the wilds
\nWanting you to appear<\/p>\n
To give us some grace
\nTo give us some care
\nWhen the mystery killers
\nCome by
\nThen do share
\nYour fortitude with us
\nWe elephants we
\nAre living in fear
\nAnd we need you to be<\/p>\n
On our side <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As many as 356 Elephants Have crashed to the ground And have tragically died Botswana is mourning their loss As am I Why is it a mystery Still far and wide The bafflement really The humiliation As survivors we do … Continue reading