We Stand And Watch
Just three days into the
year, dawning for the fourth; when suddenly in my sleep I hear screams from the
street (girl' screams). What rings in my head while I lay asleep is: "it's
only girl still celebrating they lived to see the New Year again", to my surprise
the screaming is only getting louder and more desperate. So I jump off my bed
look out the window and behold I saw to young lady (probably mid 20's), they
are wrestling these two guys trying to rob them of their belongings. And there
I was, looking down out the window in my floor flat room while these ladies are
getting robbed. It then occurred to me, a question, what are these ladies doing
out there at the time of the night all dressed up. Well I never got the answer
to that and will never.
"Security, security"
Screaming the ladies for the security at the gate of the flat to open for them
or at least help scare the thugs away. However, the security has strict rule
from his superiors not to open to anyone (include residence) who are in no
possession of their personal access to the front gate. There he was, seating at
his desk looking out baring witness to all this violence; he was struck down
with a hard dilemma that he was never told nor taught on how to handle it. So
he decides, its better I turn a blind eye than to get fired (-but I'm thinking,
it's not like your (security) superiors are not around to see any of that-) or
was it self-preservation; that if he goes out there he might end up a victim
too? And he resorted to not opening the gate and still he watches not even
thinking of going down to help.
The ladies are still hanging
on to their bag, most probably because the thugs aren't any good of robbers or
they were just taking chances because of gender (bloody chauvinist). To their
rescue, came running this other guy from nowhere to chase the thugs away and to
become the hero of ladies before dawn.
Nonetheless, all these
crimes we witness walking be the alley ways, under those infamous bridges and
we just stand and watch instead of landing a helping hand. Additionally we say
the law enforcers are not doing their work when we don't even help out the kid
being robbed in front of us.
Our society has shifted from
the glory days we once had, play with your gadgets as you walk by the street
corner and down those cagey alley ways; gone are those days. Perhaps we have
brought these upon ourselves, I mean, a murder happen on your watch but when
the police are in need of witnesses "nobody saw anything", hence the
cop saying "how can we help a society that does not help itself".
It is rather saddening all
these, we work and sweat for what we have but we have to live like caged animal
locked inside afraid that criminal look alike might just break-in and steal
away all you have.
It is therefore upon
ourselves to choose, whether we stand and watch or we send out a helping hand;
next time you see a crime in progress, scream out loud, call the emergency line
you might just spare someone's life.
Think about, Stand and Watch
