Tears For Harambe
A beautiful gentle creature, was murdered yesterday;
By the society that had captured him, from his home and stole him way!
They gave him the Swahili name “Harambe”, it means, “go forward at all times”;
So sad his keepers all were “backwards”, and committed a senseless crime!
They brought him to America, and put him in a zoo;
To live his life in captivity, with very little he had do!
He missed his world in Africa, but he did the best that he ever could;
To adapt and live within the cage, that mankind said he should!
He grew into a great large male, with silver down his back;
A banana was the only thing, that Harambe had ever attacked!
For one decade plus seven years, he put on quite a show;
For all the people that visited him, when to the zoo is where they’d go!
But yesterday his time ran out, for a little boy jumped in;
Harambe came right to his aid, until a rescue could begin!
But his keepers misconstrued this, and they filled him full of lead;
He threw the boy one last sweet kiss, before they then pronounced him dead
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Hello Larry...
If my kid slipped into an area...
He shouldn't be there in the first place...
I would hope that the animal wouldn't have to be killed...
The animal is in captivity...
He used to be free...
Great write!Â
Thank you for sharing...
Hugs...
sparrowsongÂ
Hi Sparrowsong,
Yes, quite a sad event. Thank you for your kind comments.
Hugs, Peace and Love,
xox Larry
Hey LARRY!!!.......NO WORDS brother!!......... could not say this any better in brilliant poetic fashion!!........ WOW!!.......... Fantastic write!!..........PINNED!!........gotta show this to a few friends!!........... what a poetic soul you have!!.......... Love and Rockets!!.........T xo
Hi Tony,
Whenever my ego needs to be stoked, I simply read one of your so kind comments. I can still remember the greatest teacher I ever had in high school, my dear Miss Herbst teaching us the three main ingredients of writing: "Unity, Coherence and Emphasis". I have strived to achieve this in my poetry and comments by great pundits such as yourself are a testimonial that I absorbed, to some degree, her teachings. In regard to Harambe, I'm incensed over how this was handled, and the murder of such a beautiful creature.
Peace, Love and Rockets!!
Larry xox
Hey Larry a very beautiful write ,a heart tugging one at that for sure . Your rhyming is amazing with this one . Jack Hanna said that if they had used tranquilizers it would have taken 12 minutes to work ,which would have made the gorilla more upset .a sad situation but the parents are the ones I blame ,if they would have watched their kids ,we would have a live gorilla today . Cheers rockÂ
Hi Hardrocklover,
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, although, I do not agree with Jack Hanna's. I think if Harambe was going to hurt the little boy he would have done so almost instantly. Instead, I think he was trying to protect him and what they say about him getting nervous and aggressive, because of all the harangue is not indicative for a reason to harm the child. If anything, I think he might have felt the child was in further danger and tried to protect it even more. Thank you for your kind comments on my poem, and I'm very glad that it touched you.
Peace and Love,
Larry xox
Oh Larry my darling,
I`m so proud of you sweetie, you are so talented and the whole world should know of your work. Poor Harambe, it`s heartbreaking to know how he suffered at the hands of man. I feel sure that he was just trying to protect the child. It was all the fuss and shouting and panic that would have been upsetting him and making him fear for the child, he was just trying to protect him. Those animals should not be there for entertainment, they are being held captive for no other reason than entertainment and profit, mainly profit!! Such a beautiful creature should be where he belongs in freedom. You have created a beautiful piece Larry and you have said it all so well that it brought tears to my eyes. I adore Silver Backs, they are magnificent, it is man who is the dangerous one and it`s all for money. Those parents are to blame also for not taking care of their child. That child will now forever be affected by the appalling cruelty that took place and will in adulthood feel so much guilt even though it wasn`t the child`s fault, he will most likely need therapy. You have written a magnificent piece and you should be very proud of your work. I love you very much and I`m so proud of you and your accomplishments, you are a superb poet and cosmo is lucky to have you here.
Love G xx