Social Extinction

Social Extinction

 

The animal in me was the animal in you

It dwelled in your veins before vanity grew.

It cast itself out, to bring its demise,

While hiding behind some shameless disguise.

 

It poaches the weak, and hides from the strong

This gentle giant indeed does no wrong.

Surviving the battle so simply mundane,

While dismay slowly pierces the brain.

 

The animal in me knows not of emotion,

While all of his brothers drown in the ocean.

Its only friend - polar extinction,

Claiming and killing every distinction.

 

The bear of the north, so proud and so brave

Slides now to the water, to stay in his grave.

With only a needle to keep him afloat,

Filled with formaldehyde, to wear as a coat.

 

The youth of today, unlike the bear,

Knows not of compassion, or how to care.

Not one person left, who lives like me,

For they all lay dormant, under the sea.