L is for Lamb so soft and sweet,
the alphabet book made no mention of meat.
But “Eat your lamb, it’s so delicious,”
made my young mind quite suspicious.
Surely it’s not really a dear young creature,
that our Sunday meal has as the feature?
“But you must eat your meat or you will die,”
my mother repeated the well-worn lie.
So like many others I became complicit,
in a system where violence is implicit.
And when I later saw how animals are abused,
my heart was heavy and my mind confused.
As in my vet studies they’d clearly said,
“Without meat and dairy we’d all be dead.”
So often was this lie repeated,
the truth was hidden, and I felt defeated.
But then I chanced upon a woman, clearly alive,
who said “Without animal products we can thrive.”
She looked not sickly, but healthy and strong,
and I already knew animal use was wrong.
From that day on to my beliefs I became true,
the products of animal use I’ll always eschew.
Like us, animals want to live their own lives,
and not end up on our forks and knives.
So for many hours I studied human nutrition,
as part of my plan for total abolition.
I wanted to kill that convenient lie,
that on animal products humans must rely.
To take away every single excuse,
that people make for animal use.
I vowed to be both clear and strong,
in helping to right a terrible wrong.
I’m vegan for life because it is in my soul,
and liberation for all—my ultimate goal.
