Jul 2015
Imagine if it cost your whole days
wages, just to feed on bread;
If external forces made you suffer
The indignity of debt.
Imagine if the war torn middle east
Had a minute's silence for fifty dead;
If Palestine,Β Β Iraq, Afghanistan
Had a minute off for breath
Imagine if a days work came with
a twenty percent chance of death...
Now picture that scene in the Caribbean
Bathing, lounging, plunging, dancing
The preciousness of life it seems
is purely based on address.
wages, just to feed on bread;
If external forces made you suffer
The indignity of debt.
Imagine if the war torn middle east
Had a minute's silence for fifty dead;
If Palestine,Β Β Iraq, Afghanistan
Had a minute off for breath
Imagine if a days work came with
a twenty percent chance of death...
Now picture that scene in the Caribbean
Bathing, lounging, plunging, dancing
The preciousness of life it seems
is purely based on address.
A life is a life, do not mourn for the lost,
nor distinguish one over another; instead,
celebrate the time we have around the globe,
not just near but far away from home.
nor distinguish one over another; instead,
celebrate the time we have around the globe,
not just near but far away from home.
(Brighton)
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