Little Affi
a poem from RELICS OF DAWN
STAY INFORMED
A Little Affi
I was just a small orphaned child,
but now I have grown.
This little affi taught me
about destructive seeds my people had sown.
As the sun disappeared
behind industrial haze,
I knew we had reached
the end of our days.
Her fur was so soft
when she curled up in my hand.
How could I know
her kind would inherit the land?
They were meek, underfoot
and easy to ignore,
As they hurried and scurried
across the forest floor.
She was looking for food
when she crested the hill,
and saw our great city
unusually still.
The ground shook in a quake,
and she sniffed at the air,
sensing danger was close,
but it was already there.
Heat poured from below
and spread out in a fan,
engulfing the city
as our project began.
It was too hot for her
so she fled to her nest,
and curled up with her family
as the chaos progressed.
We left their world in ruins
and fled to the stars.
This little affi taught me about the planet
that was theirs, no longer ours.