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“Where They Belong”

by CESH Sanctuary

We say we love them — wide eyes, tiny hands,
a spark of soul we think we understand.
We bring them home, with hearts so kind,
believing love can tame the wild inside.

We dress them, feed them, give them names,
pretend that nature plays our games.
But forests whisper, “You can’t rewrite
the songs we’ve taught beneath the light.”

For in their chest still beats the call
of jungle winds and waterfalls.
No walls can hold that primal tune,
no cage can mimic the silver moon.

And when one day their nature shows,
we’re startled by the truth it knows:
that freedom’s pulse is never gone —
it only sleeps when caged too long.

So we gather here, not to forget,
but to honor love, and pay our debt.
For sanctuaries heal, they mend, they try,
but they’ll never match a forest sky.

Let’s learn, let’s teach, let’s change the plan to leave them wild, as nature began.
For loving them means letting go,
so all may live where rivers flow.