Why 1,575 haikus? Because my darlingest Annelies Marie Frank lived 15.75 years in this world.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Hidden Slavery

It is a disgrace
to the freedom of Mankind -
Human Trafficking!

Hidden slavery,
forsaken by our nations...
T'is like a cancer.

Let us vow
to end it.
---<--@

My Filipino compatriots -
Of the three most formidable things
that threaten the peace of our civil society*
- drugs, guns, and slavery -
the latter (primarily in the form of human trafficking)
is the one that worries me the most.

Because the first two are inanimate things
but the last one is not a thing...

Inspired by:

*this is distinct from the peace of the Republic