(2.0 - 2.6) Poison Pearls Poem by Karl Stuart Kline

These poems were excerpted from Poison Pearls - a book of poetry that was reclassified after it was released to Women' Studies and Criminology!

It and my experiences overseas in turn were the motivation for my creating the web site, www.scaredsafe.org, where my messages for Human rights and against Human trafficking have reached over 40,000 visitors from over 145 countries!

I've been told that some people are not strong enough to read these poems - that they want their poetry to be hearts and flowers on perfumed cards. This is too real for them, but it's still straight talk from a world that is all too real - one that we need to change!

Awareness is the first step on the road to change and I hope that this good work of mine will encourage you to share that journey with me.

Karl Stuart Kline