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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
HERE I AM Dear Readers, Today is the National Call-In Day for Horses! Together, we have closed all U.S. horse slaughter plants. Now we need to pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503/S. 311) to end the transport to slaughter of American horses to Mexico and Canada. Here's a plea (used with her permission) from Rebecca Gilbert, one of my wonderful readers and a talented and perceptive writer: HERE I AM Here I am. I was your partner, I thought I was your friend even. I guess I was wrong. I helped you, loved you, trusted you, did my best for you. Look at me now. Can you look me in the eye? Here I am. I'm afraid, in pain, alone. Was it because of me or you? I gave my all for you. I'm sorry I got old. I didn't mean to stumble. I don't want to blame you; I want to love you. Here I am. I need you. I'm terrified. Many are with me, but really we're all alone. We want to trust, love, live again. I don't want to be alone. I don't want to die. Here I am. Sold for meat. Sentenced to death. Thousands of us. Was it worth it? Didn't you ever love me? Am I nothing more than a cast-off toy to you? Here I am. Won't you save me? Save me. Is that so hard to do? I want to live. Thousands like me want to be loved. Save us. Please. Hear we are. Scared. Unloved. Alone. Starved. Dying. Hear my dying breath. I still love you. Here I am. -BorrowedWingsOfPegasus A note from Rebecca: So this is my poem. I don't know if you'll like it or not, but I think it's a way that some may see what a loving family horse sent to the slaughter may feel. Hearing the Phantoms hoof beats, Rebecca G., penname BorrowedWingsOfPegasus Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 8:47 AM Comments: Post a Comment |