The Place Where We Live.

THE PLACE WHERE WE LIVE!

We live in a place where eleven million little children die

Before they even reach the age of five!

We live in a place where 40 million people live with AIDS;

They do not 'live', rather they just survive!

We live in a place where every 15 seconds a child dies

Because of the filthy water that it uses.

We live in a place where millions live on less than a dollar a day;

Suffering degradation and abuses.

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We live in a place of comfort where we can afford to blog

And buy expensive toys for tiny tots.

We live in a place of plenty where the shops are full of 'stuff'

And the children sleep in comfort in their cots.

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Their place and ours are different as the chalk is from the cheese.

And our excuses seem a trifle lame.

Isn't it odd that there's just one planet! This world belongs to all.

Their place and ours should really be the same!

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NORTH

An acrostic suggestion from Acrostics Only.)

Nights are bleak with scarce a light;

Owls are frozen in their flight.

Reindeer roam on the open plain;

The snow is simply frozen rain;

Humans dare not sally forth.

Here we are in the frozen North.

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