White Tiger

Beautiful, deadly, deep blue eyes Winking to me warmly, very shy Just in time to make me aware Of one more of man’s absurd claims In name of good or welfare men did again Trap her free God given soul, so unfairly Restricted to some kind of cage Forcing her gentle, light, and careful steps To move about in a limited damn space As she prematurely ages Hiding the miserable truth of her coffin-like fate Screaming aloud what once was a proud roar Making me aware of how, once more, mankind Has done wrong in his greedy act Exploiting yet another of God’s free loving creatures Until they too run out of time It triggers a very sad, cold tear to fall from my eye Ashamed to be part of the destructive family of mankind Fearing to blink and waste the precious time To clear my disbelieving sad water-filled eyes Thinking this could be the time Where the blue-eyed white tiger Runs out of time