J.H. DickinsonPoetry, Essays and Art By J.H. Dickinson from All-Creatures.org

 

I witness

I see images sprawled.
Trawling through digital horror.
Ache in me.
Suffering.

Suez animals trapped.
Ships.
Mapped out world.
With grisly veins of animal routes.

No passage justifiable.
No death worth it.
Ban live exports.
Ban human ignorance.

Wake up to reality
Of atrocity.
Of heart breaking cruelty.
Stop the endless cycle.

I witness.
You witness.
They witness.

We, who watch, must do something.

sheep cargo ship
Art © J.H. Dickinson

"At least 20 livestock ships caught in Suez canal logjam" The Guardian, March 26, 2021

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