An Evil Twin
no doubt means
that I am evil too
she looks like me
she acts like me
but everything I do
she doesn’t do
and thats the thing
her evilness she owns
where she got her ideas from
even dad disowns
she’s evil
when it comes
to animals and insects too
she thinks, that they don’t
feel pain
and tries to prove it too
My evil twin
she does begin
to worry me a lot
if she’s my twin
then I am in
possibly
for a lot
of what she’s got
so what I do
is actually try to be
an example
to let her see
that the animal earthlings
from above
are no mystery
they are innocent
as the day is long
and their pain thresholds
are low
when we hurt them
it affects them
it really hurts them so
but they swallow that
for their friend thresholds
are extraordinarily high
and hurting them
doesn’t prejudice
their feelings
though they cry
They are helping
us to understand
they have feelings and
they care,
they suffer hardships
and they love, yes
and feel despair
They have souls
and they can cry
they have hearts
and yes they die
when we hurt them
what they do is
they die a bit each day
when kept in cages
it breaks their hearts
when ill treated
they do pay
with sadness and depression
for them
its oh so real
what they want
of each of us
is Love, it does appeal
not one day
good
and the next day
bad
just love
that’s really all
anyone of us want
in life
so go on fall
in love with an
animal earthling
unconditionally
and you’ll get back
undying love
imagine that
and its free!
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.