Dwarf Giant of the Med

Listen up, y'all, got a tale to tell 'Bout an elephant that time almost forgot Not your average jumbo, this one's special as hell Sicily's very own pint-sized lot Evolved on an island, cut off from the rest Shrunk down through the ages, adaptation at its best Three feet tall at the shoulder, a miniature beast Roaming ancient Med, from west to east Mammuthus Falconeri, that's the scientific name But "Sicilian dwarf" is its claim to fame Lived alongside humans, back in the day Till climate and hunters made it fade away Picture this pachyderm, the trunk still proud Tusks like daggers, but not as endowed Compact and sturdy, built for island life Surviving droughts and prehistoric strife Some say its bones sparked legends of old Cyclops and giants, or so we're told Greek myths born from fossil finds Ancient elephant skulls boggling minds Now it's gone, extinct, wiped from the Earth But its story lives on, for all it's worth A reminder of nature's wild design And how isolation can refine So next time you think elephants are all the same Remember Sicily's dwarf, playing Evolution's game Proof that life finds a way, big or small In nature's grand scheme, there's room for all Sicilian elephant, we sing your song The memory of you will carry on In museum halls and science books Reminding us to take second looks At the wonders that once roamed this land Before time swept them away like sand Extinct but not forgotten, your legacy's set Tiny titan of the Mediterranean