"Destined Minds"

They Awoke Not.....

Volatile it hit the world
they did not heed the warnings
and they awoke not....

Liquidity crisis reserved
for the poor, naively they
spend and awake not....

brewing, collapsing in an increasingly
inter-connected world
that spends it days in slumber

outstretched eager for their
handout as greed now adorns their back
of themselves they think most even in their sleep

and yet for over a century of affluence
two thirds live in abject poverty
and their part of the world is blinded to the need

Their eyes as though seemingly asleep
care noought for the peoples whose bellies
bloat and grumble as disease feast upon their innards

As thier young die helpless in their arms and yet
we cry out to our leaders not for the starving and
dying and those who have long now fallen in everlasting sleep

For they care only for the bank balance
For the lifestyle they have become accostomed to
and never give a third world a second thought

Now bricks and mortar fall down around their ears
and try to waken the dead
as they realise their fears

So should the God of abundance and joy
stretch out His hand to these? or should
the God of justice bestow his grace

upon all those children ignored for many a year....

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2009

1. ask yourself who controls the purse strings?
2. who really owns the reserve bank?
3. who is it that holds the power?
4. who is it that can make the world change?