Budi Poem by Ima Ryma

I am Budi, orangutan,
And the subject of a new book
By some fifth graders with a plan
To give my case a closer look.
When I was born, my life went bad.
Orphaned I was about to die.
Human 'rescue' was all I had.
Caged as a pet I just got by.
But other humans intervened,
And now my life is going well.
Needed awareness is convened.
A lot of hope we kids can tell.

The ties of caring ever bind.
My thanks to kids of humankind.