Many over 10,000 pounds
standing 10 to 12 feet tall
Among God’s most grand creatures
Hunted, brutally slaughtered for their tusks
Senselessly stripped of life
And for what?
Just to feed a mindless fetish
for ivory pendants and trinkets
designed to ward off evil
and move souls closer to God
Wouldn’t this journey to God
be much shorter
without such evil, and simply
following the elephants’ footsteps
into the summer sunset?
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Poetic Alchemist 
Thanks Gautami. Yes, if only they did.
If only all understood that…
Hey Rob, Good hearing from you. Hpe you are well.
Nicely expressed.
Thanks Floots, Aurora, abd Dan. It is sad indeed.
Yeah…
It is heartbreaking to think of elephants senselessly slaughtered. They’re such beautiful creatures.
well said don
thank you