Photo by Syed Aoun Abbas
Duty
Health and food, resources, more,
education, dreams that soar,
speak of duty I can’t ignore.
Make me wonder why.
Advantages I don’t deserve,
family members who love and serve,
privileges – of most unheard
by those less fortunate than I.
But orphans, poor, abused, exist.
Not wielding high their angry fist.
Rather, silence does insist,
ones such as I draw nigh.
Observe and ask. Listen, learn.
With their plight, may conscience burn.
Love’s call, may I discern,
and answers to apply.
© 2015 gratefulsue