Soul Eye

Those Eyes

I’m in love, it’s true, with all the cows,

With how they shine the whole huge world

In large and soulful eyes.

In love with how their long wet tongues

Turn a kiss into a hug,

With how they know it’s good to chew

And be and see each passing day,

With the way they trust us still

With all we do to them.

One look into that mama’s eye

All cheese is gone and I know why

Tofu rocks for sour cream

And nuts can yield such luscious milk.

Hole me back and keep me still

Lest you find some day I will

Find a way to be that cow.

Or could it be that someone has?

Someone old and wise?

Someone gone from human strife

Who dwells at peace within 

Those eyes?

.

— Susan Pitcairn

Dairy cows are bred yearly in order to produce milk at unnatural levels for our use, while their calves are dragged away shortly after birth for veal or slaughter. Beef usually calves get to stay with their moms about 6 months before being fattened in large feed lots on GMO corn, soy and slaughterhouse meat wastes.