On Koalas

A sad enough thing of  for to be aware

koalas in south east Australia are becoming rare

Due to environmental diseases and Global Warming that hurries on Climate Change

These arboreal marsupials even becoming rare in their common range

Bushfires in recent years that have ravaged the forested countryside

Have killed thousands of koalas and their habitat destroyed

With their numbers decreasing alarmingly of late

Koalas may soon be extinct in their wild state

In a few decades from now it well may be

A koala on a gum tree a young Australian may not see

For extinction of wildlife species we are sowing the seed

Due to our desire for money that has it's source in greed

So sad to realize that koalas are becoming rare

This Earth is for us to live on and with others creatures to share

For the decline in koala numbers us humans must take some of the blame

And if they do become extinct it will be to all of our shame.