Where Soft Paws Fade
A tribute to the endangered snow leopard and a call to preserve its mountain home.
It’s International Snow Leopard Day. These beautiful, sadly endangered creatures growl a reminder.
And we know what it is.
We pay tribute to it and its beauty.
Let the footprints of these white ghosts remain.
A spotted, white ghost across the silver crest,
Touching the endless sky
Its ancestral realm, carved from ice
Soft paws upon the snow.
The mountain loses its white cloak
Where tractors strip its form;
Warm air consumes its grandeur
Strange footprints scour the ground.
Let not the soft paws fade
Restore its trodden paths;
Its mountains are ours and theirs
Let the living ghost spawn.
For Mikeydred's October Challenge
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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