For The People Of East Africa Poem by Eric Cockrell

how can we go on not believing,
how can we turn our heads?
when children are starving
and people are dying...
are we alive or are we dead?

our brothers, our sisters,
we can feel your pain from here.
what can we do and
what can we change...
to see the world through your tears?

how can we see and not know
that what's happening to you...
is a part of us, is in
the very heart of us,
we're responsible, we're due!

our brothers, our sisters,
we can feel your pain from here.
what can we do and
what can we change...
to see the world through your tears?

the family of man so far apart,
we've lost the meaning in our souls.
until we join hearts to hands,
and walk side by side...
we'll never touch and never hold.

our brothers, our sisters,
we can feel your pain from here.
what can we do and
what can we change...
to see the world through your tears?