I Sat Down With My Grandson

I sat down with my grandson He means everything to me He took me to the Zoo There was a lot to see All these people Walking around the places Staring at the animals And making silly faces He's a wise boy As grandsons can be Nothing that hits his eyes That he does not see All his questions opened My eyes as well So there were no lies I dared him to tell Why are they locked up he asked Did they do something bad? No my boy, it's only for our safety and pleasure That's why they look so sad With shame he looked at the animals behind bars and said Where then is their life better Here or behind the stars? I sat down with my grandson A thought came into his mind What if these people begin To dislike their very own kind? Will they put each other Like these monkeys in cages? I said: Yes my boy, they do that They already do that .. for ages My grandson sat there He was silent for a while Then he pointed to the sky And said with a strange sad smile Well, if they treat our planet As bad as they do here in the Zoo They will never keep our planet safe And make our sky clean and blue I sat down with my grandson He means everything to me He took me to the Zoo There was a lot to see All these animals Locked inside their places Watching all these people And making silly faces