LET BEASTS OF BURDEN REST!
REST THEE CARABAO
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
From
childhood to young adulthood I feasted myself
With
sights of carabaos at work in fields of planters
Like
willful servant the carabao has been unto us
Humble
Filipinos of an aegis of rustic past
Came
forth new times and tractors filled the lands
Where
carabaos once tread the fields till wee hours
Gradually
did carabaos came to rest at last
No
more to shame nor lame for slave tasks
So
let it be the new mark of unfolding times
That
carabaos be our true friends sit in glory
[Philippines, 14
October 2010]
REFLECTION
The
title of the reflection note is in command form. This is just to stress the
urgency and wisdom of letting all beasts of burden rest from their enslaving
toils today. We cannot wait for the planetary ascension to fulfill such a goal
for one of our best friends ever: beasts of burden. Name them—buffalo, carabao,
horse, elephant, cattle, dog—nay every animal that can carry loads for us, Terrans
have enslaved across time!
Well,
we are witnessing to the rapid disappearance of this rather imperial behavior
of Terrans who think they can enslave all creatures other than they
are—elementals, plants, animals, even fellow humans! But time draws near for
the great change, and we still see people clinging to ancient sadistic
addictions to making beasts of burden out of those fauna mentioned. The good
news is all of that will come to end post-2012, by the grace of the Almighty
Providence!
Not
only that, even the practice of making meat out of our friend pets and beasts
of burden, which we still do today, will end post-2012. There will be a brief
transition when New Earth habitués will still need to input organics for energy
sources, after which the death of eating organics will be solid reality.
When
I see those same beasts of burden playing with freedom again in the faunas of
the morrows, I will be very happy and fulfilled. Pets can be had at home, but
an end to making them utilities or machines for work or even for entertainment
(such as what we do to horses) will end.
Ra
May
2011
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