Suspicion.
Veiled
joy.
What do you want? What are you going to do to me?
Peace in poverty.
Worry in wealth.
How are you going to change my world? For better or worse?
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good questions all :)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteNicely done, the suspicion comes across well.
ReplyDeleteSuspicious eyes, eh? Well written.
ReplyDeleteThat's at least where my mind went...
DeleteThis is scary. She's in a bad place where the choices are few, but the results enormous, in either direction.
ReplyDeleteYep. Drastic results no matter what she chooses.
DeleteWe always assume that poor people must be miserable, and that may not be true. Well done!
ReplyDeleteAnd sometimes it isn't about whether they're happy or not. Sometimes it's about what they are used to.
DeleteInteresting way of looking at it, well done!
ReplyDeleteIt sometimes is easier to deal with the devil you know (poverty) than risk the unknown where the true danger may lay. All very true and expertly stated by you. Well done.
ReplyDeleteExactly!
DeleteIt's the fear of the unknown that sometimes leads to missed opportunities, but sometimes that fear is justified. I hope that's not the case here!
ReplyDeleteConsequences to choices no matter what you choose.
DeleteYour words, this picture remind me of a place I know well. And the suspicion, "veiled joy", scrutiny of those coming into their world. It's reality for some. I really liked this a lot.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I see something similar in the teenagers I work with. They are so used to being in trouble that the idea of doing well is so foreign they don't know what to do with it. That's where some of this came from.
DeleteI like this perspective. Change and wealth aren't necessarily good...they bring their own challenges.
ReplyDeleteExactly. We sometimes forget that part.
DeleteVeiled joy. what a nice idea.
ReplyDeleteShe does have some hope...
DeleteThis was very thought-provoking. "What do you want? What are you going to do to me?" So wary... I pray her world is changed for the better and not the worse. Many blessings to you,
ReplyDeleteCheryl
Thank you. We always hope that, but I think it's important that we remember it may not be as simple as we think.
DeletePeaceful poverty? Worrisome wealth? It's a conundrum.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet, if you think about it, very true. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteGreat perspective. I wouldn't have imagined this response but its perfect with this picture. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I've been to places like this before and that was often the feeling I was left with.
Delete"How are you going to change my world?" At the rate we are going? I'm guessing we will continue to exploit it for as long as we are able to get away with it. Good story.
ReplyDeleteThat is, unfortunately, true. At least I believe so. Thanks!
DeleteSuch an apt title & I agree that such questions are natural in a child's mind-specially someone who lives in poverty.Loved the lines,"Peace in poverty.
ReplyDeleteWorry in wealth."
Thanks. Children from places like that are, sadly, usually pretty cautious, aren't they?
DeleteRight on the $ (pun intended). All the camera crews and agencies that bring this to our attention. We are always suspicious of their own motives, I can imagine that the people they 'help' feel the same way.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
Nice pun. The suspicion is on so many levels with the issue of helping impoverished areas, isn't it?
DeleteNicely done, capturing two sides.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteThe responsibility does fall to us, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt does, on so many levels.
DeleteNice poem! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
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