A Dark Accounting

Sexual Trafficking in Los Angeles

The numbers flow like Blood:

Convicting my inaction —

In our city,

In our Home:

10,000 kids a day,

70,000 a week,

300,000 a month,

3,650,000 a year…

Each one:

Raped 1–20 times a day,

Abused

. …by those who believe

. …….their needs outweigh

. ………..the child’s right to live…

One child:

A mother’s love,

Sold and humiliated:

Taught she is an Owned Thing:

Not a creature loved & cherished —

Millions of dollars,

Flowing to dark places,

Corrupting

…..the fabric of our freedom:

Hearts abusing power,

Crushing lives away…

I saw the numbers:

They pierced my Heart,

They broke down my walls,

Who will look with me?

Who will hear their calls?

Who will say, “#NoMore!?”

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I'm an integrative veterinarian interested in healing. I'd prefer to speak in poetry as we awaken the #HealingCommunity. Let's play together.

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