Live And Let Live Poem by Raimi Babatunde

For the advantage of beeing higher animals
We banish them into deeper forests
A place they called home for years
Taken away from them
In the name of deforestation
And urbanization

The masters of the night
Possess long memories
An unforgiving one
Hence they maul
An act they do as a pride
To show their dissatisfaction

Occasionally they stalk
In an act of desperation
Standing up for the pride
The way we do as humans
When a new girl is in the block

The one you hurt
Might never forget
Forgiveness can be instantaneous
But forgetting take a lifetime
The one that defecates can forget
But not the one saddled with cleaning

Your pride will kill you
Your deep seated obsessional pride
Which sometimes requires a simple "Sorry"
The five letter word that breaks any ice
Swallow that pride and tow the part of reconciliation
It is not a sign of weakness
But of greatness by strong minds

If what goes around
Does come around
The evil you do today
Will germinate in the future
When it ricochets
As a bullet against a wall
Doubly will you receive

Be kind to mother earth
Be kind to nature
Be kind to your fellow human
Respect boundaries
For everything is designed for a purpose
Only then can we live in peace
As Animals of different class