"Destined Minds"

TEARS IN MY CHOCOLATE

There are tears in my chocalte
for delight of craving
my senses long for

There are tears in my chocolate
but I hear not the small
child that cries for it's mother

There are tears in my chocolate
bit I see not their beaten
backs nor hear their sobs at night

There are tears in my chocolate
bit I feel not their despondencey
for a world that would cry for profit

There are tears in my chocolate
for the hearts that care not
to lift a finger

For their hearts are hardened more
than the calloused backs of young
children beaten who harvest
the sweet profit of cocoa

For thier minds empty, bereft of
compassion more than the young minds
of children denied of their education
who harvest ehw sweet profit of cocoa

So who can stop the chocolate melting
and who can stop the children's cries
and prevent the tears falling into my chocolate

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_exploitation_in_the_chocolate_industry

http://www.american.edu/ted/chocolate-slave.htm

http://www.coopamerica.org/tools/print.cfm?page=/programs/rs/profile.cfm?id=238