I often ask myself what the world would be like If we built friendships with animals And embrace all that nature strikes Each and every day, we’d love and care for them all. For no longer we’d be cannibals From a lion to a pike, we’d love each as they grow tall.
Animals love, feel and fight Just as humans do, yes that’s right For each love that they feel and every kiss that they receive Never in pain, never naive Never die in vain, or made to believe That the world has the right to exploit so heartlessly.
So instead we’ll take on a new outlook Bright and colourful new healthy meals we’ll cook And animals, so harmless, they can stay conscious. Animals weren’t born to dance, or born to perform We can do that, and a new world will be born.
Cruelty can stop, a new love can begin As we reach to the top, then we can sing About our new friends we’ve made and new rules we’ve laid Unique personalities we’ve discovered, A brand sparkling happy new world we’ve uncovered One we can be proud of, a guiltless life, one so shiny and bright Filled with hugs and laughter and love, it’s ever so nice
Just with these small steps, the world would be so precisely right.
Vegan! Where Do You Get Your Protein From? A poem by Rebecca Burke
"Where do you get your protein from?" they ask, dopey faces confused. Carcass meat dangling from their greasy lips, expressions bemused. They can't fathom why you've made the transition. Firing questions at you like the Spanish Inquisition. "If we weren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?!" Well so are humans so would you like chips to go with your feet?! "So, what do you eat?" Nothing, I go without food 24 hours a day. I'm a miracle of modern science, a medical freak in every way. Sometimes I nibble on shoots and leaves I forge on berries in fields. Skipping gaily and eating whatever glorious Mother Nature yields I hug trees at Stonehenge, sing folk songs without a care. Make beaded African jewellery and never wash my hair. I don't wear leather so it's Jesus sandals all the way. I've had these crusty dreadlocks in since last May. When putting food in your mouth would you enjoy a grilling too? Can I turn that meddling self-righteousness back round on you? Where do you get your fibre from, was there any in that Chicken Shish?How much Vitamin C was in that greasy Asda quiche? Did that bottle of Lambrini contain one of your five a day? So stop obsessing hun cos I get my daily nutrients okay? Go into a supermarket how much of it is occupied by meat and dairy? If you think there's other food out there you're away with the fairies. Open your eyes wise up to old wives' tales and superstition. Do I look like a Somalian orphan rife with malnutrition?Some say "I went Vegan once, but got ill so had to knock it on the head" What the hell did you live on french fries and bread?! So instead of asking me where I get my protein from. Ask yourself where you got the ability to be so inherently dumb!