When I am kept inside a cage,

I am full of rage.

I have my own life,

And want to spend it with my kids and wife!

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The humans, not amphibians are dual;

One side good and the other cruel.

When I was free,

I used to lie under a tree!

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I was happy in my own land,

Walking and Hunting in Gir's sand.

But one sad day, some hunters came and took me on hold;

Later, my skin was sold!

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I was killed for my skin brutally,

After knowing this, my family might have fallen sick mentally!

Then, my body was thrown in the cold river,

It made me to shiver.

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Alas! I died.

Now who will take my son on a ride?

It is your(humans) greed,

Which will soon extinct our breed!

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I, a tiger, on behalf of my race

Request you to not kill us, not at all with full pace!

You can live without our skin;

If you don't stop now, you will soon have to pay for your sin!

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We, the tigers need your help and care;

Not your donations for projects, which only on paper you share.

Where there used to be a forest in which I used to play,

Now lays a hospital in which patients lay!

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You humans cut forests to create shelter for yourself;

But now we don't have any place to live for our self.

This poem of mine is to create awareness,

So that you people don't kill us with carelessness!

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