Think

Think
Can I ask you to spend
One minute of your time?
Just close your eyes
And open up your mind.

Think of the young ones, alone,
Working for their bread
They are yet too young
To cry to be fed

Think of the women, alone,
Crying for their babes
In small scraps of land
All unmarked graves

Think of the men, longing,
Longing for a name
To feed their family
To wash away the pain

You live life in dream, content,
But this happens every day
In the countries and to your neighbours
Not so far away.

Think of the famine, the grief,
With no reassurance
Of a future
With independence

Think of the debts, deaths,
A life of misery
Are we deaf,
Or just refuse to hear their plea?

You live life in a dream, content,
But this happens every day
In the countries and to your neighbours
Not so far away.

So spare a thought, this day,
Send them hope, to pray
Send them light, disperse the gloom,
Let them flower - let them bloom.