more slaves than ever before
mostly in my global region
we all have seen it
aussies on our cheap holiday trips
turning a blind eye
shopping for our bargains
sipping our cocktails by the pool
when a stranger begs you
to take his young daughters with you
for a better life
when a young woman asks you to take her sick child
to the hospital because she knows a bule ( white person)
will be taken seriously
when a girl who is being sexually molested at work
asks you for help to escape
when you see filthy old western men
go into the cubicles with 15 year old girls
supposedly to have a massage
so on and so forth
you feel uncomfortable
you know that something is seriously wrong
with countries you visit where
this is going on
you empty your wallet
and help out as much as you can
but it is a bandaid cure
and when you finally become so blase
about stepping over beggars on the footpath
when the 50 year old low caste
taxi driver's eyes well up with tears
because you stop for an ice cream
and buy him one too
(he has never had one before)
you think
FAARK!!!
i cannot go on
i cannot look at this anymore
i can pray
i can pay
but that is not enough
i have to try to do something else
something anything
Midweek Motif - PU
