Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Sunday Muse # 236

 

 


 

 a sweet young child

innocent and beautiful

precious and treasured

one of the lucky ones

not trafficked as sex slaves

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jul/12/internationalcrime

6,000 children smuggled to the west each year for sex

11 comments:

  1. Such a horrific reality to know such innocence is exploited by evil.

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  2. My heart aches for children who are stolen in every sense of that word.

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  3. Well damn, you went right there to sex slaves! Wow!

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  4. All children deserve to be treasured ... your write shines a spotlight on what is the tragic reality for so many. It's so gut-wrenchingly sad.

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  5. I agree with what Katherine said.
    Happy Sunday

    Much💛love

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  6. A poem which I wish was not necessary to write, but sadly it is.

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  7. We have closed our eyes to this tragic reality for too long.

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  8. A sobering poem that brings light to a tragedy that should never have been. Thank you Rall.

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  9. Oh, the heartbreak children suffer when abused. I know it too well. Humans can be devils.

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