I used to be a part of a wild herd
We were a family
Free to roam
People decided we should be rounded up
Why couldn’t they leave us alone
Or find a kinder way
We were at their mercy
And they gave none
They ran us until some collapsed
The helicopters terrified us
A mare is separated from her filly
The mother screamed in anguish
She couldn’t save her baby
Laws supposedly protect us
They don’t
We are forced into small pens and families separated
Our lives don’t matter
Many of the horses will die from loneliness
After I am captured
People decide to break me
They do
They break my spirit
I am grateful for the protestors and the human beings who tried to help us
Unfortunately the people won
I have nothing left