I’m re-posting a favorite poem of mine that supports the choice to help others who are being unfairly prosecuted across the globe. A serious plight for many who simply speak out against their government’s intolerance and tyranny of their people. Many are imprisoned or killed for simply standing up and voicing an opinion. I am a member of Amnesty International.
Gayle ~
Don’t speak up
and see what transpires
when you don’t add your voice
to atrocities seen.
Don’t speak out
when outraged and incensed,
then the outrage will be
that your silence was kept.
Prisoners of conscience
don’t have a say,
their rights have been taken
and many enslaved.
There’s many held captive,
tortured and raped–
stand up against these injustices
before it’s too late.
Our lives are filled
with everyday scenes
where societies are crumbling
but we won’t hear the screams.
Too many turn a blind eye
and ears deafened by choice,
what a shame, what a tragedy–
what is our unease?
People worldwide are needlessly dying,
by the tainted hands of corruption.
We can stop it; we can help
through all of us uniting.
Speak out, join forces
with all others who care
and write letters of protest
opposing all tyranny.
Open your eyes, don’t look away–
your compassion is desperately needed.
So unlock your heart and don’t delay,
join Amnesty International–before the end of this day.
Brian Miller over at dVerse Poets asks us to write on our choices: http://dversepoets.com/2012/06/09/poetics-its-a-matter-of-choice/
