Stolen Childhoods: Heavy Slave Labour Poem by Terence George Craddock

the cruelty
of enduring
child exploitation
child labour

in this world of shame
in this world of horror
there are still places
where little children
day long carry heavy slabs
of rocks above their heads

many are images
of small children
carrying heavy sacks
of dirt from mines
digging in mines
working in holes

in the ground mines

many are images
of small children
carrying heavy bricks
making building bricks
industrial workers
in open air sun baked

third world brick factories

these mine owners
these factory owners
these pitiless bosses
are not respecters of age
are not respecters of genders
are not into cost healthcare...


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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