A Rhino Calf’s Prayer
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.