STARFISH POEM/Being vegetarian is depressing

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THE STARFISH POEM

Once upon a time there was a wise man

who used to go to the ocean

to do his writing.

He had a habit of walking

on the beach

before he began his work.

One day he was walking along

the shore.

As he looked down the beach,

he saw a human

figure moving like a dancer.

He smiled to himself to think

of someone who would

dance to the day.

So he began to walk faster

to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw

that it was a young man

and the young man wasn't dancing,

but instead he was reaching

down to the shore,

picking up something

and very gently throwing it

into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out,

" Good morning! What are you doing? "

The young man paused,

looked up and replied,

" Throwing starfish in the ocean. "

" I guess I should have asked,

why are you throwing starfish in the ocean? "

" The sun is up and the tide is going out.

And if I don't throw them in they'll die. "

" But, young man, don't you realize that

there are miles and miles of beach

and starfish all along it.

You can't possibly make a difference! "

The young man listened politely.

Then bent down, picked up another starfish

and threw it into the sea,

past the breaking waves and said-

" It made a difference for that one. "

 

Cyndi <cyndi8300 wrote:

You have a good point about us making a little progress(I'm sure

there's more somewhere other than here). We live where all you hear is

talk about hunting. It makes me mad but I got to thinking. At least

they are shot and killed pretty quickly, unlike the animals at the

slaughterhouses. Those animals don't even get to live in the woods

like they would in nature. Here where I live, my 5 year old daughter

and I are the only vegetarians that anyone has heard of, and people are

so closed minded about it. They are all the time criticizing us

because we don't believe the same way that they do. I always thought

that if people knew the true story of what happens to those animals

that they would quit eating them, but I was wrong. I have explained it

to some of my friends and showed them pictures, but they could care

less. A few of them actually told me that they didn't care what they

did to them and what they went through, they were delicious and were

going to eat them anyway. And others that wouldn't even listen and got

mad when I mentioned anything about it.

 

 

 

 

 

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