I am a rarity

I am a rarity

I am a real rarity

I mainly survive in captivity

My natural home has been destroyed by many human hands

Bulldozing over my green forest lands

Where my food does naturally grow

Bamboo tastes wonderfully beautiful

You know

I munch on my bamboo all day

As I sit in my comfy tree

How I wish I had brothers and sisters to play with me

When we are born

It is so rare

News of our birth

Reaches everywhere across the globe

My species still lives in hope

I can only hope

As I sit in my tree

The visitors think

I am just soft and cuddly

Like a giant teddy bear

I have black and white soft fur

If threatened

I can be scary

Most of the time

I just sit quietly

Now the humans want to save me

I can only be truly happy

In my natural habitat

I hope to one day to return to that

Sitting in my own tree

Brothers and sisters playing with me

The only place I can truly be free

If you haven’t guessed already

I am a panda bear

Toria

30/5/2023