Invisible People Poem by Lubinda Lubinda

We turn a blind eye
on all those who are suffering,
living in poverty
those who have nothing to eat!
we pretend that
they do not exist
because it is much easier
to ignore them!
we've even succeeded
in building a world protected
and veiled against them!

We turn a blind eye
on the dozens of beggars
that we meet in the streets fighting everyday for their lives
those exiled and out cast by society
because we have no place
for them in 'our perfect
Communities! '

We turn a blind eye on those
who do not have civil rights
those who remain exiled
by everyone
because we do not want to see them,
let alone hear their silent pleas
for basic necessities
because it's much easier to
act as if these people don't exist hoping that they would all just disappear!
and leave us alone!

We turn a blind eye on
those dying from incurable diseases
those that still need our love
because we consider them
as those as already dead!
after all its much easier
to look the other way
than lend them
a helping hand!

My troubled heart
looks at all these things
and i ask myself:
if we are too blind
to see these invisible people?
Or do we lack so much empathy that the suffering of others no longer bothers us?

Well, the sad truth is:
we really don't care!