In the shadows, they exist
Breathing and feeling
Bleeding and hurting
Yet we shut the door and persist
Exploited for their recourses, vulnerability, and innocence
We hear their cries
Yet, close our eyes
To a life unfamiliar to us
Of cage, beatings, slaughter, and isolation
You care about them when it’s convenient
You disregard them when it’s not
For why should it matter what we can’t see?
It’s so distant from our reality
We justify and justfiy
They’re just simple beasts, we say
As long as they are not humans
What we do to them is okay
While we sit in our bliss
They wail and whimper
Tremble and shake
Stare and sit in a windowless room
Cold, alone, and with fear
Not knowing what day will be their last
When their agony will end
All left is to hope
That humans have a glimpse of empathy within
Will humanity ever awaken?
To see that genocide of animals is not okay
Or is it too normalized now
Hundreds of millions killed each day
For it is not just killed
Tortured as well
Robbed of every single right
When will we draw the line?
We continue to do what we know
Justify and justfiy
And support these cruel industries
For why should it matter what we can’t see?
It’s so distant from our reality