Protest

Do I protest?

Do I jump out in front of a charging horse because I don't believe in it having to race

and kill myself

and the horse

and possibly the rider

...or do I let it race?

and compromise my beliefs?

Do I quit eating meat 

and protest outside butchers

or rampage up and down meat aisles in supermarkets shouting "meat is murder!"

or do give others space

leave the butcher to run his business 

leave shoppers to make their choices

but quietly give up eating meat anyway

and compromise my beliefs.

Or if we could find ways of looking after these beautiful creatures without... 

without racing them,

loosing our shirts on them,

monitize them all the time, 

butchering and eating them,

working them to death,

exploiting them,

making them suffer,

making them serve us

...and maybe not be cruel to them,

and maybe release them,

to let them be,

let them be the beautiful creatures they are

we can do that - can't we?