So strong.
               What a wonder.
         Ever mighty. How tall.                           
     You protect what is yours.                  How do we protect you?
Your family, threatened by ours.          Powerful. Never afraid to be.
I wish we could live in harmony, that we did not threaten your big family.
That some people did not want you as a trophy, but as a new, strong friend.
    I wish that     for some people, it isn’t a sport to hunt your magnificent kind.
     That some did not saddle you and get big money from your long days of rides.
       Because some do not see your family, your tired legs, or your long loneliness.
         They see what you can do for them or how much money you can bring to them.  
             You roam a vast land far away,  that sometimes I wish to visit, for a day or so. no    
                I wonder if you ever dream of a different time, or if you even know, how it was.  s       
                   Before us, was it different? To have no one hunting you for their new jewelry.   a      
                     To have the freedom, to be. Your wise eyes and long tusks show you want       f     
                         freedom to roam. Your strong bonds to your family shows you want the          e     y            
                           freedom to love. The wrinkles down your body shows you want freedom            t           
                            to play.  Your strong and powerful figure that is so tall shows that you are                        
                               free.       Your memory spans                                  for years and you
                     can  show         emotion. You have                                   a large and loyal
                         family           to protect your young.                              Habitat loss scares
                                             you all, but some of us,                            want to protect you
                                             all. With no safety from                           most of us, you have
                                             to rely on your tusks. But                          even we can’t protect
                                            you from all of their scary                         and horrible thoughts.