TSAVO LIONS

 God is a lion in the night,

wrote H. G. Wells

when people were still afraid

of great beasts

lurking in the darkness

beyond their fading fires,

and the shadows of the great beasts

loomed as supernatural beings.

Now, bathing in artificial light

and hiding the stars,

we have cast a greater darkness

upon the world,

and in that darkness

we have become the Tsavo Lions,

terrorizing mother Gaia

and its creatures.

29.10.2017-10.08.2021

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