Caring

written ‘91
rewritten 2/4/97

People, do we give a damn
as that within us dies?

Too worried, too busily occupied,
we cram everything into our lives

Ignorance has its victory
over our human, silly minds.
Millions of us are blind
so unaware of untold stories

We submit to apathy meekly
commercial frippery filling the head
conscience is completely frozen...dead,
unused minds grow cold with lethargy

Its so easy to make these decisions
when making them from a distance - 
lives destroyed in an instant
faceless millions forced into submission

With their expensive war toys
men kill each other without repentence,
this world running on plastic grievances
we shield ourselves from joy

We live in a global village?
Too bad its filled with rats:
someone called the Pied Piper
but he was battling oil spillage.

No one person can change the world - 
we must realise our worth.
Don’t sit apathetic, nothing to do
its time to make our voices heard.