Beauty in the Rainforest

Part the leaves

See the trees

The waterfall, the birds, the flowers

The young leopard cub

Gives its sister a nudge

As the mother takes a sip from the waterfall

The parrots dive and turn

The sun starts to burn

You need a sip from your bottle

Turn around to get it

Look back

The cubs, shot dead on the ground 

The mother leopard is choking on plastic

The black lake is strangling her

The parrots disappear into your fellow humans' stomach 

The flowers

Droop

And die

It’s gone, everything

No life anywhere

No life but you and your humans

You and your life-killers