My goal is a big bungalow
A large LED TV
A magnificent car
And parties as often as I fancy!

I asked my friends and neighbors:
What’s your goal?
‘Almost the same as yours’, they said
How long can you wait
To achieve the goal you set?
We cannot wait for long
‘Neither can I’, said I

Then I met this man
And asked him his goal
‘To DETEST
This wretched existence!
To hate war and torture!
To see more and more people
Loathe it!
To bemoan this disintegration!
To condemn this dislocation!
Raise a strong collective voice
To dismantle this thick wall of
APATHY’

How long is your wait for this?
‘Until I live…’

(From First Light: Apathy to Action, Winter 2012 issue (A Biannual Publication of the Canadian Center for Victims of Torture)