Poacher's Moon.

There were stars that I once wished upon.

There was the moon, my guiding light.

They were signs that God was watching

Over all my friends each night.

But now a poacher's moon is rising

In this cloudless starry sky,

There's an evil hand stalks across this land:

Another rhino tonight will die.

So take the stars out of the heavens.

Take the moon down from the skies.

My friends now need the darkness,

In the darkness they must hide.

There's a cross for all who've fallen,

I hold a vigil by candlelight.

There's a prayer I share with those who care-

"Keep Our rhino safe tonight."

So take the stars out of the heavens.

Take the moon down from the skies.

The moon that was once my guiding light

Brings me misery tonight.

'Cause there's a poacher's moon now rising,

Death stalks the bright moonlight.

If another dies, I'm going to cry,

My heart will break tonight.

I'd take the stars out of the heavens.

I'd take the moon down from the skies.

I would mix them with all my tears and fears-

A magic shield so they can hide.

So take the stars out of the heavens.

Take the moon down from the skies.

Please God we need your blessings,

"Keep Our rhino safe tonight."

The inspiration for this post lies with some verse I sent to Ray Kieran, but the real genesis is the work that other rhino conservation activists are doing each full moon with a cross planting in Cape Town, South Africa to highlight all those rhino slaughtered merely because of Asian demand for their horn for Chinese Traditional Medicine beliefs.
Please read and share this group's work-
Planting Crosses For Fallen Rhino

 You can read more about this tragic situation of rhino poaching here-

Rhino wars.

This is the picture that inspired the above words-

Another cross planting takes place for this coming Poacher's Moon- 6th April.

Credits:

Ray Kieran.

The above poetry arose out of a conversation with Ray Keiran, a rhino conservation activist on OSCAP Facebook group-(Outraged SA Citizens Against Poaching).  I sent her a few lines and Ray was ecstatic over the words and meanings captured by them. So I developed the verses from those simple lines and sat on this poem for a few weeks seeking out suitable images to illustrate this with. 

 Ciske Kruger.
Then I approached Ciske Kruger, another gifted activist from OSCAP, sent her the words and asked her if she could interpret the words with romantic yet tragic imagery hoping the lyrics would inspire something special to include in this post. Ciske then posted these images on various Facebook groups where they received rapturous applause - as they should. And at the same time sent me the same images, less the text that appears in the originals. I asked Ciske to add crosses into her artwork!
Thanks Ray and Ciske!

Oh and keep checking this site...maybe these lyrics start something else!

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Poacher's Moon.

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