A child in the sand
made the world change its mind about
the suffering of others.
‘Actually,’ we begin to think, ‘it’s not okay
to turn our backs, remain ignorant and
declare ourselves blindly and half-heartedly to
the cause of preserving a “people” by blocking people out.’
The photographs will endure. Further down the line
we’ll look back and glimpse
the horror we needed to be shown
to transform indifference to compassion;
a child in the sand.
made the world change its mind about
the suffering of others.
‘Actually,’ we begin to think, ‘it’s not okay
to turn our backs, remain ignorant and
declare ourselves blindly and half-heartedly to
the cause of preserving a “people” by blocking people out.’
The photographs will endure. Further down the line
we’ll look back and glimpse
the horror we needed to be shown
to transform indifference to compassion;
a child in the sand.