Where one gets one’s protein from
matters in the recesses of the heart
in that space in the solar plexus
from which flowers spring and bloom
It matters in the conscience,
it matters in the stomach
and it matters in the literal heart as well
for lentils contain no cholesterol!
You are what you eat,
and I am what I eat.
I wish to be like a field of legumes
gently blowing in the breeze
Providing nourishment for the Earth’s creatures
I do not want to be like the herd animals
led to the slaughterhouse
by the foolish “lords” of this Earth
In my heart, in my mind a weight has been lifted
And I am a tree blowing in the breeze.