A Rhino Calf’s Prayer

A Rhino Calf’s Prayer

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A RHINO CALF’S PRAYER

By Yolande van de Merwe

 

Oh Lord, I pray for your mercy

I won’t survive on my own.

where do I go, where do I hide,

I’m confused and scared and alone.

I still hear the gunshots ringing Lord

a burning pain real and true,

but I have to keep running

or for sure they’ll hack my horn too.

O Lord, I pray for reason,

please help me come to score,

why the humansthat I’ve trusted

have started this bloodthirsty War.

They came and murdered my mother, Lord

their chainsaws dripping with red.

They left her alive and helpless

until to her death, she bled.

How many more like me, Lord

before we vanish from this Earth?

How many more mutilated bodies

and little calves lost before birth?

O Lord, I pray for forgiveness

to those that do the Unjust.

Those who’ve taken my family

and left them bleeding in the dust.

O Lord, I pray there’s still people

guardian angels from above,

who’ll take a little calf and heal its wounds,

and protect it with all their Love.

Lord, I cannot run anymore,

I’m small, my strength fading fast,

my legs are numb, my breath is done

I hear my heart beat its last.

O Lord, I pray for mercy,

have compassion for my strife.

Please hurry Lord, send me an angel,

a human who’ll save my life.

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