ENDANGERED

A poem about my favourite wild animal - the beautiful tiger.


Endangered.


Sleek-striped sinewy beast,
my constant fascination.
For me, you are the King
of a far off destination.

In a swamp or jungle deep
nothing can compare.
Your majestic lope prevails,
when others would not dare.

The envy of the fur trade;
your pelt coveted by fools
and a body-part for man's desire,
is breaking Nature's rules.

J