"OUR JOURNEY BEGINS"

We've been waiting for you, we’re so glad you’ve returned,
Please help us before our jungle’s all burned.
Our time here unravels faster each day,
We’re becoming expendable and hunted prey.

But what can we do? There’s not much more time,
Our forests breathe fires ignited by crime.

It’s easy to kill or kidnap us for cash,
Why must they reduce our forests to ash,
And cage every rare creature like yesterday’s trash? 
Is anyone out there or does no one care?
The bribes nourish nothing but disgust and despair.

Pongo Pygmaeus may soon disappear,
From Sumatra and Borneo without even a tear.
No one seems interested in preserving our lands.
The Dow Jones has many invisible hands.

We can vanish in an instant before your eyes,
Faster than the echo of the jungle’s cries.
We pray you’re not readying your last goodbyes.

Our ancestors were born very long ago,
Even before Krakatoa decided to grow.
We’re much older than you, why you’ve just arrived.
Why’s the world a hostage to the trivial and contrived?

The world looks very different from high in the trees,
So who's exactly wiser than all of the seas?
And kings look no different than anyone else in the crowd,
Who are they kidding pretending to be proud?

Must we choose between death or the bars of some zoo?
So we decided to leave, it was difficult to do!

Our wandering has taken us so very far,
To Tokyo, Toronto, Sydney, and Qatar,
Kirchdorf, Paris, Beijing, and Bangalore,
But we still need more time to play and explore,
Did you know we share similar DNA and much more?

We travel in ways you cannot understand,
On virtual boulevards never planned,
To Belize and Belgium, England & Spain,
What happens if spring does not bring you rain?

We live in your world but travel in ours,
We’ve already lived longer than some of the stars,
And traveled the rivers of your secret dreams,
As we sailed down an infinite number of streams.
And still we continue to Tokyo, Tunisia, & Mt. Everest,
Maybe we'll be able to visit the rest.

We have all the time and no time, do you understand?
Only you can invite us to visit your land.
But there are still many trees that we'd really wish to climb,
Will you give us that opportunity and plenty of time?

Hopefully we’ll meet you one of these days soon,
Just think of us every time you see the big Blue Moon,
Because we can never grow old .... and we’ll always be near,
You’ll know where to find us, if you wish us to stay here!

And if in the future we return to our trees,
With your great help we’ll experience our home’s tropical breeze,
Unless you tire to care and become bored to explore,
Then our jungle's shadow shall flee, and we'll be seen never more.