Today I learnt something new
Something I wish that wasn\'t true
Of children trafficked around the world
Sold for slavery and much, much more
Today I learnt what evil is
When the rape of children is an enterprise
And when they are broken and of no further use
They\'re butchered like meat
Each part sold or consumed
This fact, this knowledge
Now haunts me so
What if the child were mine
Or is someone\'s I know?
So I\'m stuck with this thought
About \'what can I do!?\'
Then I remember I\'m human
And all is well
I don\'t have to do a thing
Because my Apathy is strong
I don\'t want to know
So I\'ll put my telly on
And be distracted by
The latest \'celebrity\' scandal
Consumed with outrage about nothing important
Because children being raped
Is a bit too far
I don\'t want to know
So I\'ll forget what I\'ve learnt
*Fact human trafficking is a very close second to drug crime and is still on the rise. While you\'ve read my stupid poem a child has been stolen from their families right now never to be seen again. The US is the world\'s number 1 for child sex trafficking but if you think it doesn\'t happen here in the UK you are wrong. Look it up.
https://www.ecpat.org.uk/
https://www.antislavery.org/what-we-do/
https://ourrescue.org/
Or just take the words of advice from this poem. Change starts with you.