On The Other Side of the World
The sun is shining on the other side of the world.
Whilst grey cloud loom above our heads,
The locals wait on sun-kissed beaches
Awaiting the afternoon.
The winds are howling on the other side of the world.
They clutch at everything within their path
And bend trees until they snap.
The locals from the beach seek shelter,
They find little and brace themselves the best they can.
Rain is falling on the other side of the world.
Twenty-two thousand sleep a never ending sleep
As the cities lay finally quiet.
A child walks from the remnants of her dead parent’s house,
Without guidance or sustenance she wanders the empty streets.
People are dying on the other side of the world.
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Living as a Westerner, in northern England, where summer lasts two days and the sky is universally a monochrome grey, it's too easy to see eastern countries such as Burma/Myanmar as 'other' but the people there, people in desperate need, are people exactly the same as you or I.
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