See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil.

A lady mugged across the street,

Turn away and continue to eat,

She falls to floor and cries,

But all I do is avert my eyes.

Anguished cries go on outside,

I close the window and hide,

Turn up the music to drown out the screams,

I can’t hear it anymore and go back to my dreams.

“Where are you hurt?”

Shake my head and smooth down my skirt,

“We can help you but you need to speak.”

I don’t say a word and he’s harmed another in a week.

The woman mugged and wasn’t helped lost her spark,

Now all she does is sit alone and cry in the dark,

The cries that went ignored outside,

Meant a man was left alone to die,

Refusal to help, speak out and tell,

Meant that another child went through hell.

A woman mugged across the street,

I helped her up and stopped the deadbeat,

Anguished cries start up outside,

Picked up the phone and the man didn’t die,

“He touched me there, I didn’t want to play.”

He won’t harm another, behind bars he’ll stay.

See no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil,

Sit back and let the world carry on causing upheaval,

Or watch for the truth and listen out for the lies,

Speak of the wrongdoings, use your head and be wise.