Toward the Goal: Food4thought: "Can You See?"

Friday, June 24, 2011

Food4thought: "Can You See?"

Barren

Knavish

Resistant

Emotionless

Odious

Numb

This is the state of my world

This is the state of our world

Tell me things will get better, please I need to hear those words

Tell me you will try to help, for I suffer every time I see another life lost

Can you see the starving people?

Or are you too noble to get on your knees to feed them

Can you see the dying people?

Or are they merely bags of water, taking up space

Can you see the little boy begging for life?

Can you see the frightened girl unable to raise her voice?

Can you see the man shaking as he holds the knife?

Can you see the woman regretting her choice?

Does it pain you to be reminded of how the children feel

Then why do you still sit there, simply listening

Do you feel compelled to save the man from himself or comfort the woman

I only ask because I see no reaction in you

As I look out of the window of my house

I cringe and cry, paralyzed by the chill of their pain

I take a child into my house, giving him anything I can

Yet it will not feed all of them

They are still miserably crawling around, desperate and destitute

I need you to help me help them

For I cannot comfort them all

I need you to love them like they were your own

For I too am frail and my resources are finite

But first, I need you to see this broken world.

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Food4thought: "Can You See?"

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