The Moral Question (April 23.2016)

Before me

An ethical question

Has arisen

Its ugly head

That needs

To be answered.

As a vegetarian

Who's diet is

Almost vegan.

How do I

Justify the use

Of animal products

In the medicine

I take?

Whether

It's over the counter

Or prescribed.

What right

Do I have

To take

Another being's life

For my own?

I ask this

For many products

Are produced

With animal proteins

Without realizing it.

For there

Will come

A time.

I'll have

No choice.

In keeping

My moral principles

And standards.

Either

Take the medication

Or die.

Therisa © 2016

Author's note: This poem was sparked, by my researching Insulin, on Thursday  (April 21, 2016), before my April 22nd doctor appointment. I asked my doctor, stating my dietary and moral position, on using animal product produce medication. He told me, almost all current forms of Insulin, are synthetically produced.

The following link, explains, how gelatin is produced: http://www.peta.org/about-peta/faq/what-is-gelatin-made-of/