by Rachel Howells

Created on: November 15, 2009   Last Updated: December 06, 2009

My humble thanks I give to Thee
For a life of relative peace and harmony
While some starve and suffer horrors untold
I feast at a table set with crystal and gold

My children thrive in warmth, safety and opulence
Oblivious to the unjustness of their blessed flagrance
While in bare subsistence others languish
I give thanks I don't hear the hopeless anguish

I am thankful for freedom of dress, thought and speech
That I may listen to any one of Jesus, Buddha or Allah preach
While some suffocate under oppressive cloth, curfew and heat
I may move unencumbered along any wayward street

I am grateful for the privilege of choice
Whether of body, vote, allegiance or voice
While many choose to do nothing in abject silence
I am thankful for those who fight inequality and violence

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