Can We Imagine

Do we understand
Can we begin to imagine
What it's like
  to live over there

Where drinking water and toilet water
  come from the same source
Where trips into town
  are by donkey or horse

Where babies are more likely
  to die than to live
Where life's path is fixed
  determinative

Where rice is the one meal of the day
  where anopheles mosquitos hold sway
Where 'hope' is a dream that ends at dawn
  and a grave marker a pillow to sleep on

We read about it
  a moment of concern
Shake our heads solemnly
  as the world turns

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Date: 7/19/2022 3:49:00 AM
I truly cannot imagine it. "Where babies are more likely to die than to live"
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Date: 7/14/2022 4:42:00 PM
The sadness of Over there Gershon makes me grateful for being over here. It is sad How Governments have no regard for the peoples well being, or other Countries not helping to those less fortunate Souls. UNICEF is a great organization to support. At least they bring hope to the people in these less developed Countries. This Caring piece from you Milton is a favorite... Thank you Sir for posting...
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/14/2022 8:05:00 PM
Interesting, how my name changed from Gershon to Milton over the course of your insightful comment, Michael. ~ Sigmund Freud
Date: 7/13/2022 8:48:00 PM
One question we should never have to ask, Gershon, in these days. A subject that has many reasons, a torment that still lingers on today, to the shame of the human race.
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Date: 7/14/2022 8:02:00 PM
It is a tormenting question. You're right. But doing any little thing, any gesture, no matter how small, is better than doing nothing at all...
Date: 7/13/2022 8:42:00 PM
It is hard to reconcile for sure.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/14/2022 7:58:00 PM
Hard, but somehow reach out to them to show you care. The journey starts with one small step, as they say...
Date: 7/13/2022 8:27:00 PM
Believe it or not, I have, gw. And, I have asked myself "What can I do to help?" The answer, of course, is very little. So, as cool and crass as it may be, I try to go on with my life, where I have been placed, as best I can and be grateful that I am not "over there."
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/14/2022 7:30:00 PM
I think that messages from here help. I've seen Ukrainians moved by Americans' messages of support in the current war. Those Americans couldn't help them materially. But the spiritual side of man must not be discounted! (Am I 'preaching to the choir' here?) :) gw
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