Do we care???

As we open the morning paper
Headlines scream into the face
Accompanied by photographs
Of the dance of death in some remote place
Do we care ?

We switch on the television
Flashes of news reach the ear
People losing their livelihood
As the factories and mills closes down
Do we care ?

On the way to work, we see a crowd
Men and women young and hold
Placards and banners held in their hands
Marching to their destination as one
Do we care ?

We pass an accident on the street
A person lying in a pool of blood
We see there’s life left in him
His eyes imploring for help
Do we care ?
How long will we turn a blind eye
How long will we play deaf
How long will we be mute spectators
And how long before we accept the fact procrastinate
That it could be one of us

Its time to open our eyes and look around us
Listen to the unspoken warning of trying times ahead
Its time to break our silence and speak our heart out
Because the more we drag our feet, we will find
We do care, but its now beyond us.