By 張昀霖

A bird sings

When a squirrel leaps

From a branch to another

To feel the love and the heat

A flower blossoms

When three squirrels whistle

From Mommy's cuddle

To Daddy's coming back home

A leaf sizzles

When squirrels tiptoe

On grass so boundless

Under the sun of happiness

A cold wind blows

When terrified squirrels hold 

Onto the last hope

Of the last tree in the world

The last drop of the rain

Hits on the crack of dying land

Concrete takes the place

Of once the joyful dance

And children see the squirrels again

Taking their breath away

Staring with the innocence of life

At the stiff fur with nothing inside