Ever witnessed mistreatment, or heard words that made you turn your head ? Ever walked on as if what you witnessed was something normal- pretending like it never happened- that it's not up to you to stand up to what was being said ?
Do you ever think who else might have heard it, who might hear it again-by the end of this day ? How they thought that it's accepted- to be talked to this way.
Have you ever thought who's business it is to teach our youngsters not to call each other names, have you ever let it continue, blaming the parents for their ways ?
It's not our place to interfere, it's not our problem so why should we care, and god forbid- if we decided to say something- what if someone stared ?
But what if we could change the current, help the river shift it's stream ? What if we could end a vicious circle even if it was "just a badmouthed kid who doesn't understand what it means".
What if we could change a life, or even just a day ? What if this was the moment we stopped looking the other way ?
What if we worked together, interfered, showed an example- instead of allowing space for hurtful words to seed ?
What if we- the people- where the difference.
What if we really understood what that means.
*to a school morning bus-ride on 210 towards Brent Cross, And to every person who ever stood-up to change the hurtful words and their source.
Do you ever think who else might have heard it, who might hear it again-by the end of this day ? How they thought that it's accepted- to be talked to this way.
Have you ever thought who's business it is to teach our youngsters not to call each other names, have you ever let it continue, blaming the parents for their ways ?
It's not our place to interfere, it's not our problem so why should we care, and god forbid- if we decided to say something- what if someone stared ?
But what if we could change the current, help the river shift it's stream ? What if we could end a vicious circle even if it was "just a badmouthed kid who doesn't understand what it means".
What if we could change a life, or even just a day ? What if this was the moment we stopped looking the other way ?
What if we worked together, interfered, showed an example- instead of allowing space for hurtful words to seed ?
What if we- the people- where the difference.
What if we really understood what that means.
*to a school morning bus-ride on 210 towards Brent Cross, And to every person who ever stood-up to change the hurtful words and their source.
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