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Forest of Inclusion

The dense forest is full of flora The boundless bastion of natural life The entangled web of peculiar fauna Allow the blooming bastion to thrive Birds soar high in the open blue sky Fishes swim swiftly in bodies of water Magnificent mammals on land you descry Indigenous insects, seldom slaughter Smaller than the eye can see Exist realms hidden in plain sight Of fungi, microbes, who eat debris They see the deceased as a sweet delight Finite nutrients are present in the soil One animal cannot use it all The life develops in such a way To use all nutrients, present in the forest tall Every bit of sunlight, gets taken by the leaves No matter if it lands on the canopy or the forest floor Every fruit filled with nutrients, an animal receives Every plant eaten reaches, a stomach more When a tree or an animal meets its demise The remains are eaten by others The small pieces by those hidden to the eyes Large ones by perilous predators In the end it reaches the soft soil The top of canopy and the bushes on the ground The flesh of animal, the seed's oil The farmers of this process, live abound The trees take these nutrients back from the soil To begin, the circle of life What happens if one species loses its aura? Nutrients will get locked up in one form It will not cycle through the fauna, flora Then the cycle of life shall deform What happens if the cycle ends? With the lack of nurturing nutrients How many organisms will transcend? How many lives will be prevent? On one life so many others depend This is the value of every unique person They may be different from us all But being different is not bad or desertion We are different in our own way after all So, let's practise inclusive education Let us support diversity in inclusion Let the children fill their own niche Let us diversify our own forest and nation