Frogies’ Sense to Appreciate

 Frogies'Sense to Appreciate

So you know,

          Frogs can jump impressively high.

        Frogs can croak loudly enough

       to break the silence at night.

        Frogs with their tongues so long to catch

        insects flying past are fun to watch, too.

        But frogs possess a precious quality

        with skin as sensitive as our eyes,

        how many people see this creature

        with the endowment to feel the environment?

       

        When frogs leaving a place for good are an alarm warning

          But we always take them so lightly to notice anything

         and see them so trivial to the whole environment and our enjoyment.

        They pass us a message for their desperate movement

        but we are just too proud to show any regret

          of their plight and consider them to be of any threat

          to our very survival and enjoyment

         We are just too irrationally indulgent

          in our greed and lust

         for more and more material wealth and enjoyment as such

         at the expense of the environment.

        We insensibly trade our precious air and water

         for many luxurious and fanciful commodities

         serving no particular purpose but our vainglory

        Frogs are our very helpful friends

        To get rid of mosquitoes,

         the bite of which can be very fatal

        But our exploitation and inconsideration

          have forced our precious friends away in desperation

         and let mosquitoes go rampant

        to spread malaria and dengue fever

        We have hence become so adamant

         to prevent and eliminate them than ever

        As time goes by, some day,

         frogs may all disappear totally

        We shall see frogies no more in reality

         though we still have vivid image of them in stories

        We may only recall them at times from memory,

         another legend for remembrance, lah

       

        Frogs’ extinction heralds the calamity

        to befall on human beings sooner or later

        for breaking Nature’s harmony

(Inspiration from the article by a Malay writer – “Frogs, Frogs, where are you?” in See Hua Daily News)