Oh ‘self-entitled’ activist
You want to change the world?
How about your mind?
Are you mindful?
Of the contradictory world
You encage yourself in?
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Here you are in Paris
Where the world has its eyes upon
The COP21 negotiations
Nations have gathered
Corporations
Organizations
Associations
And ‘activists’ like you
You live in a hostel
You attend different workshops
Meet new people
Learn new things
It seems like
You are becoming conscious
Of the contradictions
Of your dualistic world
.
Did you know that
Ben and Jerry’s
Which sponsors your hostel
Is owned by the multinational Unilever
Remember those free ice-cream shots with whisky
It’s ‘a GMO free ice-cream’
They claim
But its cream
Is derived from Monsanto’s milk
.
Did you know that
Immigrants
Some Muslim, some not
Clean your beds, bathrooms and have to undertake
Your hypocritical ‘recycling’
Sometimes you walk past these brothers and sisters
And show no appreciation for their service
.
While you go outside and eat
Food served by Muslim immigrants
The French military
Bombs the Muslim ‘terrorists’ in Syria
What a contradictory world is this?
.
While you go attend
COP21’s “green zone”
The visitor’s section
The French police visit
Mosques, Muslim restaurants and houses
Raiding for potential terrorists
What a contradictory world is this?
.
While you sit in front of your laptop
Writing for the so called
Social, environmental, humanitarian causes
People are starving, dying and
Losing all hope in Life
Refugees stuck in a limbo
Between the French and English Channel
What a contradictory world is this?
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Why was it so hard
After you had your nice “croque-monsieur” meal
For you to give some baguette bread
To a women beggar with a child?
Are they fake beggars?
Are they cheaters?
They wore head-covers
Most likely Muslims migrants
Where were they from?
Turkey, Syria, Lebanon?
Or other countries far away
From your limited consciousness
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How can you call yourself an ‘activist’
If you can’t Love?
.
How can you call yourself an ‘activist’
If you can’t Love
The woman beggar with a child
The Muslims
The ‘Others’
The People
Torn in dualistic concepts
Corporations and non-corporations
Oppressors and the oppressed
White and non-white
French and non-French
We and them
Me and you
Self and non-self
.
Delve beyond the world of contradictions!
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As you mindfully breathe
Become conscious of the world around you
And how to act upon it
Break free from the gap
Between your actual self and ideal self
Let go
Be in moment
Gain courage to Love
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This is the Bridge
This is the Bridge
This is the Bridge out of this contradictory world!
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Now go spread Love around the World!