PAIN THROUGH THE AGES

PAIN THROUGH THE AGES

Have terrible pain
In my head
She said
Was told
Is migraine

Stomach ache
Brings her
Constant pain
Saw her GP
Advised her
To reduce
Alcohol and fat intake

In Africa, Europe,Asia and
Latin America
Even in
The United States

There are people
With
Constant pain

They are
Homeless and jobless
Come from
Various ethnic
Gender and age backgrounds

They are full of despair
And are at
The lowest ladder

There are
Also multitudes of children
Who have aged
With lines on their foreheads

Their pain
Not self-induced
Like the alcoholics or obese

They hardly
Get a meal
A drop of clean water
Or binge drink

No water
To clean themselves or
Shelter above their heads

But are resilient
We see them sweating
Making fashion accessories
For us vain
Slaves of fashion

Let’s think hard
Consider their ages
Appalling working conditions

Her pain self-induced
Compared
To these children
Who lost their dignity
Childhood and innocence
Is nothing

Pain! Pain everywhere
Inflicted on children
World-wide

Slaving away
Earning almost nothing
Not allowed to grow
For they
Have to make us glow

Let’s end this pain
Allow them to be children
Like our own