Motivation: This poem addresses 3 core issues in the NA culture:
(1) parent’s misplaced priorities – they want to work hard to provide their children with the best education, clothes and protection, and in most cases at the cost of having less time for their families.
(2) the individualistic nature of the society – people no longer care for their neighbours but instead “you are on your own”, “mind your business”
(3) privacy policy – fenced raised against neighbours with notice “private property – do not trespass”. These raised walls which are supposed to protect the property and individual families sometimes end up becoming obstacles to people trying to help in times of emergency.
TO RESCUE THE DYING CHILD
Baby left alone in the house
Dad gone to work to make some money
Mom in the grocery store to get some food
Food, clothes and protection they offer to her
But love and care is all she needs
Baby crying in the house
With no mom and dad to rescue
Neighbours heard the cry
Ignored with helpless assumptions
And chained by the privacy of the laws
Oh well! They’ve learned to mind their business
Baby crying out loud hoping neighbours could help
Helpers are denied access by the fence
Set up to protect the baby
Tears, wears and fears for death
Baby’s got no more strength to cry
She praised those who are already dead
She extolled those who were never born
Death is now her best wished route
To escape the misery of her life
The once joy to the world
Now have no joy in the world
Now who will rescue the dying child?
Heart is broken but life isn’t yet taken
One last breath before the last breathe
Now the child is gone never to return
Parents returned cold and need coffee
But now baby is cold and needs coffin
Neighbours standing with lifeless flowers to send their condolences
And the Police is here with barricades, filing reports which is no use to the dead.
MR CHRISLOVE™ 