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Human Trafficking

I see her coming home at dawn, Looking completely withdrawn, It makes me sick to my stomach to know you’ve sent her out working, Watching her come home, I see you lurking. She’s my age so I imagine if it was me,  How an earth can you sit there happily.  I watch her smile and she seems so innocent,  She doesn’t deserve this false imprisonment.  You own her, she’s trapped no where to turn,  You don’t care the money’s your only concern.  You walk around in your expensive clothes,  Sending her into dirty people’s homes. She’s just a child and you make her spend time with you too,  God my only wish was that the authorities knew.  I wish I could do something to help save her life,  She’s in so much danger being held captive as your ‘wife’.  ?I’ve got no proof no evidence to show,  So you smile because off to work she can go.  I can’t imagine the torture she’s been through,  And I know your other ‘daughter’ has been through it too.  ?I want to be able to prevent this,  Have a job where I’m able to put you on a watch list,  Send you down for the disgusting man you are, Let those women free back into their loving mothers arms. ? I wonder what their family think they are doing,  Do they have an idea what their daughter is forced into pursuing?  Maybe some sick parents forced it too, I’ve heard it’s common here to sell your little girl for $300 dollars this is a fact I wish everyone knew!  ?I wish everyone would stop being so naive,  The truth is hard to hear so it’s better to not believe, It’s not these are other people too,  Do you really think they deserve to walk in these shoes! ?I wish there were more people to stop and put up a fight,  Fight for these women they do have equal rights!  Man stand up to man, this shouldn’t be a common practice,  I don’t understand how you all can just watch and accept this! ? I’ve seen the mans friends give him disapproving glares,  Don’t they try and act like they were unaware,  Why don’t they stand up and show the girls someone cares,  Let’s get these girls protected from their nightmares. The children deserve to have a childhood,  Instead it’s been robbed and filled with no good!  Their lives they haven’t managed to live yet,  Don’t you think they’ve had enough upset!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 9/17/2016 11:51:00 PM
Thank you for sharing your poem, Georgie. LINDA
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Georgie Elmer
Date: 10/7/2016 8:32:00 AM
Thank you for taking the time to read it! Just had a quick look at some of yours, very enjoyable! :) Georgie

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