animal welfare
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You have not had to feel the pain
Been trapped in a place that does not feel like your home
Or talked at like you were nothing
You have not had to take the beatings
Imagine being put on show
With a condition
You can’t control
The brain doesn’t fit
It’s equivalent to-
Squeezing size 10 feet
Picking fruit and swimming in the trees
Spending time with family
Until the day of depravity
Homeland destroyed and community slaughtered
Snatched and sent overseas
To life science facilities
Freedom has expired
Onto the road of depravity
Also known as captivity
Tortured when still alive
Watching others scared for their life
I’ve travelled for miles
Dear Vegetarians,
I am one of you.
A word that defines 4% of our youth
And only 3% of adults.
A definition that encompasses so much more
Creatures.
Some are our pets
Who do deserve our love.
Adopt them to demonstrate that.
Creatures.
A year ago, you didn’t realize activism was in your near-future. Now, more than one hundred lives,thousands of gallons of water,and many other natural resourcesare saved each year becauseYou choose not to put animal bodies or their by-products on
I am antique malls and dusty dishes
I am front porch pickers and moonshine sippers
I am light up sketchers and spongy pineapple dwellers
I am young mistakes and a family disgrace
I am dogwood trees and honey bees
I do not eat my friends
You eat my friends
I can see their ends
Sometimes... people stab my friends
they feed my friends to their friends
I can see their ends
Do a flip for me!
Do a trick, it'll be the only way you'll get your food.
Smile Sweetie, Pumpkin, Jimmy, Armie!
I hope you enjoy the room, it'll be your home forever.
Want to run? Swim?
Trapped inside I can't escape, proped up as the main attraction, gawking blurs and distorted laughter contorted in a profit fashion
Your wagging tail mirrors the trees gently swaying in the wind.
Your gleaming eyes mirror the sunshine in mid-July, my smile as I see you after a long hard day.
When your paws sprint across the fields of glory, I can see
With us, not for us.
Because we share this Earth, and don't take it for granted.
Because we are all animals, of different kinds, and different abilities.
Because we are all sentient beings with emotions and feelings,
They say
That's all you say.
Well about him?
he has three legs and a tail.
He has no say.
What about her?
She has one eye and no hair.
She has no say.
Playful, loving, full of energy.
Golden fur and a long bronze tail.
Capable of killing,
But unwilling to do so.
The dog is in the corner of the room
Doesn’t know what he did wrong
His owner holds a belt
Ready to leave a welt
Smack…smack…smack goes the belt
No one is around to stop it
The dog squeals in pain
My flesh, bones, and blood...
Always being torn apart by a monster.
Unknown by their actions,
If I survived, I'd wake up with blood on my fur...
I'd cry, whimper and beg...
Look into their hearts and you will feel.
Look into their eyes and you will see.
If you are willing you will find them
In the streets and on TV,
How often do we consider,
Open the door, pitch black
Something pounces, giving me a heart attack
Long tongue, licks me in the face
It’s Ruger
Slanted, sly
the cat comes up from the barn's stone side
in a clearly evoked mode of attack.
I watch from behind the screen closure,
reclined, reading the paper.
The mouse or bird or rabbit cannot be seen,
