Darfur

I found out about Darfur by my friend in art class last semester. Once we watched the movie I can't help to be restless half way through... we sit here watching ... bystanding ... doing nothing.. feeling powerless... makes me angry. globally we are wealthy beyond measure.... spending our time, our money, our energy on all of the wrong things.. all of the wrong things. this world is soo large... and so complicated and discreet... nobody really understands what they're supporting daily... with the food they eat, the clothes they wear... they don't know what the companies that they support, are actually supporting. i definitely need to do more research on this kind of thing... everyday we take absolutely everything for granted. i am so glad that i had breakfast this morning... i am so glad that i can eat when i want, and have access to drinkable water!! basic luxuries we need to appreciate. people are dying across the world..and being forced into conditions incomprehendable to our lifestyle. they are starving. they are being tortured. they are being raped..... and we turn to our own affairs...what else can we do?

Indulge

So sit back and let the oil scorch,
And slap on the cucumbers.

Indulge yourself in this denial,
And enjoy it.

Your disposable tan,
And your one-night stands,
won't make you beautiful, darling.

Your surgical hips
and your biodegradable lips
won't hide your suffering, darling.

So sit back and let the oil scortch,
and slap on the cucumbers.

Indulge yourself in your denial,
and enjoy it.