Child Poverty

Escape from anything
does not end that thing.
Child poverty is real.
Not an idea or theory.
 
Theories are invented
to transport us to an unreal world,
where we can discuss until logic gets bored,
and leaves us
or language entertains us
without ever letting us recover
from the labyrinth of wordy wisdom.
Why do we theorise then?
Because somehow, we have been taught
by our fear transfer system
(consisting of mother, father, teacher, and the unknown),
it is good to solve the problem amicably
by discussing about it. 
Sure, we do discuss.
Child poverty remains and is real.
I am waiting at the lowest of the rungs
hoping I will survive climbing the crooked stairs
that endlessly spirals upwards.
I am not sure I will ever see those beautiful pastures
or end up as dark clouds
or vanish like a dream
by the time I have tirelessly
climbed that ladder
of which I have been at the lowest rung.
Child poverty is real. Let us act.
 
Digital Painting from a sketch digitised and allowed to flow along the thoughts. 2500 x4444 pix