I wipe the sweat from my brow
let my thoughts take over me
honest as one can be
in a pit of golden serpents

This cold reptilian world
claims what they had lost
we mammals scurry and dig deep
a chance of Earth we can keep

To the great whales
to the tiny shrews
our warm blood
our endothermic ways

Warm within our hearts
guardians of our sweet Earth
here humankind
gave glorious birth

By Christos Andreas Kourtis aka NeonSolaris