THE PLACE WHERE WE LIVE!
We live in a place where eleven million little children die
Before they even reach the age of five!
We live in a place where 40 million people live with AIDS;
They do not 'live', rather they just survive!
We live in a place where every 15 seconds a child dies
Because of the filthy water that it uses.
We live in a place where millions live on less than a dollar a day;
Suffering degradation and abuses.
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We live in a place of comfort where we can afford to blog
And buy expensive toys for tiny tots.
We live in a place of plenty where the shops are full of 'stuff'
And the children sleep in comfort in their cots.
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Their place and ours are different as the chalk is from the cheese.
And our excuses seem a trifle lame.
Isn't it odd that there's just one planet! This world belongs to all.
Their place and ours should really be the same!
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NORTH
An acrostic suggestion from Acrostics Only.)
Nights are bleak with scarce a light;
Owls are frozen in their flight.
Reindeer roam on the open plain;
The snow is simply frozen rain;
Humans dare not sally forth.
Here we are in the frozen North.
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