Innocence

by Stuti A. Padaliya

"Rodents breed by human beings"

Confined in a box within four walls,

haven't seen no sun, are just restless innocent souls

My spiritual vase stays hollow 

when I fill it with science, 

the flowers do bloom

but are full of sorrow 

Euthanasia's the bee that visits quite often 

after the experiment, the recordings are made with no to little to good data we gain 

No matter what, it still stings me and leaves me in numbing pain

Sometimes the petals falls with loud but with inaudible voice, 

is sacrificing the lives 

for the z-score that are subject to change 

really worth the prize?

Then there is this butterfly that visits everyday, 

It's the belief that they'll get reborn into much much nurtured beings 

away from the torture and the reckless scenes

I long for the day we Crack the Code develop a technique so efficient,  

highly in favor of these helpless beings

and puts the cruelty trials in forever off mode

To all the innocent animals that for science were sacrificed,

I hope you are safe and find peace on the other side

where there are no human made rules to abide

a space where you are free to feel alive :)