For the Children of Yemen

Who'll speak for the children? I see the images emaciated bodies skin on bones hopeless eyes ravaged souls Who'll speak for the children? while super powers play the death toll speeds ahead nobody speaks third world souls not so important mass shootings are grieved as they should be as they should be but...a soul is a soul who'll speaks for the children of Yemen? who speaks for those poor children are third world souls less valuable than first world ones? Who'll speak for the children of Yemen suffering for the sake of politics dirty dirty word dirty dirty world dirty dirty propoganda my soul weeps but who am I? I sit cocooned in my room fattened by my good life enjoying my wealth and status It's easy to weep in some far off country It's easy to bemoan the plight that's not my child that's not me groveling for food that's not me willing to sell my soul to buy medicine for my family to stay death that's not me that's not you Who'll speak out for the children of Yemen? Our silence will accuse us when judgement day comes round when that trumpet will sound there will not be silence Who will speak out for the children? Who will help the children? Who will love the children? Who will die for the children? Will YOU? Eileen Manassian