Only a matter of time
By Haleema A
Published 10 August 2023
Emergency, emergency, our homes are disappearing.
Soon just like the other birds, I’ll have to start fleeing.
No empathy for us, they leave us all alone, only a few know we exist in this place.
We’ve wished for this for a long time, we try not to leave a trace.
All this is happening so quickly, feeling hot and then cold.
I hope one day our story will be told.
Help us please, even though we are as quiet a as sigh.
But we matter too, help us before we say goodbye.