In news for wrong reasons,
as always with all other countries
unless you are a western one,
There is a hue and cry
in support of an
insignificant woman.
Hitting headlines all over
Asking for a change of law
of an independent country,
poor and predominantly black
but surviving with dignity.
Is it because the culprit is british
What about Afghans and iraqis
guantanamo bay,
Children massacred,
women raped, men humiliated
is it not news for you?
Is it because they are not white
and so cannot be right,
But two week jail term for
a miserable old lady,
Is all that you care for.
who went to sudan on her own,
without invitation
if only she had tried to learn
the sentiments of her host,
if only she had tried to respect
the law of the land,
put an effort to assimiliate
But no, the superiority complex
comes to play,
west is always right,
the rest need to follow it
any opposition and you will
be bullied into submission
or ruthlessly put down.
Vikram G. Aarella
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sudan-new-whipping-boy-of-west/
