Koalas

• Grace Minutoli, Grade 3, Christ the King Primary School -
• Poetry
• 2022

Excellence Award in the 'Unleashed 2022' competition

Oh koalas, why do you die?
It’s bushfires. Why oh why?
What would it be like
without these majestic creatures?
Koalas sitting in the tree,
flames rise up and destroys inside me
One by one each comes falling down.
People are spreading the word
“how could nature be so awful!”
It will happen someday and they will go.
When the time comes it comes and we will know.
As we watch in despair, there's smoke in the air.
And I say it's not fair!