Alternate Realities...

You open your eyes. There probably is joy around.
If you look hard enough there is even love to be found.
You cherish what you have and all that you seek still
And rejoice that there are opportunities to find and ambitions to fulfil.
Inside you the memories of many a happy day,
Constantly remind you that you’ve come a long way.
And between the fond desires that your heart does own
Lives a wonder that still lies unknown. 
 
I hope then, life causes you to often break into song,
And that happiness causes so many others to sing along.
 
But once you look beyond what surrounds you,
To the children that don’t have it like we do,
You’ll realize that no success at work or entrepreneurial feat
Or love or joy can ever make your life complete.
For not everyone is born with the good fortune of a clean slate,
And it falls to the emancipated and powerful to educate.
Sure you could just walk away, and life may still treat you well.
Things might seem the same, no one could ever tell.
 
It is possible that even your conscience fails to rise,
But trust us that would mean you’ve been deceived by your eyes.
 
Elected representatives fail to deliver the grade,
On the promises that they so earnestly made.
And if you, like us, cannot sit back and quietly see,
So many children failing to be all they could be.
Then listen to the voice within: we cannot waste another day.
There are futures being lost to neglect and delay.
Stand up and be counted and be proud to serve
The destiny that every one of god’s children does deserve.
 
We may not change the world for the world to see,
But we’ll start the change. So make a difference, Dilli.