Poetry by Nate Hicks
By Nate Hicks
Haphazardly creating.
Artists of madness
Careful at first
Soon reckless and wild.
My brothers and sisters
Birthed like sketches
Quick and lighthearted
For now.
Cages so tight
Bound like Moleskine
Never to know
Never to learn.
Air holes above me
Light floods the scene
The only kindness
Shines on your creation.
Gnarled and sinewy
Awkward and unamused
I stumble out
And you erase me.
- Nathan Hicks has been vegan for
nearly 10 years and lives in Vermont, near the Canadian border. He works as a
web developer and dabbles in all art forms, but seldom gets a chance to write
anymore. This poem is one of the first he wrote geared toward veganism, written
a few months after visiting a slaughterhouse. Nate originally became vegan to
increase his health and athletic performance, but soon after started learning
about the pain and suffering animals endure daily and furthermore, the strain
it’s all having on our planet’s climate and balance. With his health and
fitness at an all-time peak, and his drive to keep all animals safe, Nate
doesn’t see his lifestyle changing anytime soon.