A child at the shops shouldn’t have to
plead for my groceries…
A mother shouldn’t have to queue before
dawn to view second-hand clothes she probably can’t afford…
A 17 year-old orphan shouldn’t have to attend her
brother’s homicide sentencing on her birthday…
A family shouldn’t have to forgo soap to
buy salt…
A father shouldn’t have to do shift work
and get paid with soap…
A baby shouldn’t have to sleep their first
winter without a blanket…
But they did today.
A pox on all of the above injustices.
Grant, sound like the makings of a justice song! People can face injustice and retain their human dignity even in the most degrading of situations. Reminded me of the Kev Carmody/ Paul Kelly song about the Gurindji Stike of August 1966/ Vincent Lingiari. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Little_Things_Big_Things_Grow
ReplyDeleteHeartbreaking stuff indeed. We cannot imagine the sorrows you are seeing and indeed the even greater sorrows those people are living. Thank you for being vulnerable, for being brave enough to hurt for those who are hurting. Thank you for going. And, for staying. Lots of love to you all, Wendy, John, Sunday and Mossi xo
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