Heather LeughmyerIf Your Tears Were Human
By Heather Leughmyer
An Animal Rights Poem from All-Creatures.org

All of God's creatures have rights, a fact that most people don't seem to recognize. This includes both human and non-human animals, but not all of them can speak for themselves.


If Your Tears Were Human
By Heather Leughmyer

Your language, to us, is foreign
Yet your fear is still the same -
We may not notice tears fall
But your body feels the pain.
Your happiness is stolen
Like the hope once in your eyes  -
So many like you suffer,
So much beauty dies.

If your tears were human
And you could speak with words-
Your suffering might touch more hearts
Your pleas just might be heard.
If only you could paint your pain
Compose a melancholy song -
Maybe then we'd understand
What we thought was right is wrong.

Your body is our instrument
For you, there is no rest -
To us, you're just some fast food
Or the data from some test.
Chained and caged, you entertain
You're a coat without a voice -
We could live life differently,
For you, there is no choice.

If your tears were human
And if you could speak with words -
Your suffering might touch more hearts
Your please just might be heard.
If only you could pain your pain
Compose a melancholy song -

Maybe then we'd understand
What we thought was right is wrong.

I hope somebody we understand
What we think is right is wrong.

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