A Window On The World Poem by Bill Wright

It was an image which shocked the world,
Face down upon the shore,
That desperate, drowned Syrian boy,
No more than three or four.

We all know that battles rage,
In many distant lands,
'It's terrible, something must be done',
As we sit and wring our hands.

A picture is worth a thousand words,
Often said, but rarely true,
This time it is no different,
What can Joe Public do?

Thousands are fleeing every day,
Heading for Europe's coast,
Several million more displaced,
And we'll take fifteen thousand, at most.

We all have lots of questions,
Shake our heads with a weary sigh,
But just how many thousands more
Children will be allowed to die.