Behind Closed Doors

Behind closed doors,
There’s nowhere to hide,
A place that’s kept secret,
Behind convincing lies.

Hidden in darkness,
There is no light,
To shield us from these demons,
And make a wrong seem right.

Treated like prisoners,
Although we’ve committed no crime,
Born to be experiments,
Tortured for a life time.

Our bodies are broken,
We are weak,
No words can describe our pain,
For we cannot speak.

So what they don’t know,
Can’t hurt them right?
If they continue with ignorance,
Another fails to live another night.

They say we’re just animals,
That we don’t feel fear,
We only use vermin,
Tell me who really are the animals here?

Nothing more than experiments,
We’re brutalised till we bleed,
Just for scientific experiments,
And protect human needs.

But we remain here in silence,
Voiceless and nothing to live for,
So the truth remains hidden,
Behind closed doors.

By Tamara Dus

Author notes

Animal Testing is everywhere, and it seems almost impossible to avoid any products that do test on animals.
These animals continue to suffer for our benefits and for what?
Rats are used because they're considered "vermin" as are rabbits and mice.
NO, we have no right to consider, think or even dub them with that label.
Monkeys are used because they are cousins to us humans, true but they have different body structures to ours and react some what differently.
It's got to stop, these animals are nothing like us, they are different to us and therefore, react differently to us.
It's pointless, how many more innocence must we sacrifice in the name of science to protect our needs?