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by Sandra Musonda | |
Published on: Sep 1, 2004 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=4231 | |
There may be things you lack But take time to consider… If you have at least 3 meals a day If you live under a secure house and have your own room perhaps If you have clothes and shoes to change everyday If you wake up each morning in good health If you’ve never been hospitalized If you are not on constant medication If you can read and write If you can walk, talk freely If you’ve traveled outside your house, city, country If you can afford to buy little things If you can sleep on a bed with blankets If you can see and hear If you are not a refugee Just know you are blessed In more ways than the person... Who scratches in bins for his food Who sleeps on the streets Who has one pair of clothes and shoes day in and out Who wakes up in a hospital bed till death Who takes medication to survive Who cannot read or write Who cannot walk, talk freely Who relies on your loose change Who knows no freedom of space or movement Who doesn’t know what little things are Who knows no comfort of blankets Who cannot see or hear Who is a refugee Never take what you have for granted Change starts with your attitude You can’t save the world But you can start with yourself Thank God always « return. |