Children of the World.

As if in a movie we sit back and watch it unfold
-gasps and tears-
but we do nothing.
We don’t attempt give them a hand
or send them money.
Not even a small gesture just to say
“Everything will be okay.”
We sit back and watch as villages are raided
the women raped
the men killed, homes burned
and their children taken…
our children.
We’d attack,
retaliate but their so far its just to hard.
E-News, Brittney Spears, MTV
more important to you and me.
Were able to save a life
but we choose to just watch, not fight.
More woman are dead
More men the same and the children.
-oh, the children.
Their gone now,
the fighting is gone from their sight
for they’ve become, children of the world.

Children in Gulu, Northern Uganda (source: Dateline)