You say that selling blood is quite alright,
That blood is just another good.
But if your blood, your very life,
Can be sold so cheaply; nay, have a price,
Then what is it that you value dear,
Where are your values,
Are you so severe?
That you are willing to sell yourself,
Like a common harlot, you’re the lowest low,
If you believe, if you do know,
That you are profiting from God’s gift,
The gift of life, the essence of it –
Have you no morals, how can you say,
That it’ll regenerate anyway!
You have no heart, it is forsaken;
When all the crimson fluid is taken,
Maybe then, then shall you know,
That no amount of cash can flow,
Like blood within your very veins,
Money only binds you in further chains,
Could you just please, use your brains!
Forget the morals, ethics and norms,
Your sacred economics gathers storms,
To show you how wrong you really are,
That your words are so very bizzare;
Can you even fathom the desperation,
The poverty, dearth, and consternation,
Can you hope to imagine the exploitation,
The terror, pressure, and desolation,
That leads someone to give away,
To siphon blood, to go astray?
You can not truly understand,
The true supply, the true demand,
That people weaken day by day,
That they’re abused, and cannot say,
Please, just go away – I’d rather starve than hear you say,
That my blood has no meaning true,
It’s just an income source to you.
So don’t act like you know it all,
Like you hold some secret crystal ball,
The world is not so simple thus,
And that is why I make a fuss.
You say that selling blood is quite alright,
That blood is just another good.
Truth is, there’s more to it than that,
It’s life incarnate, remain so, it should.
http://isiria.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/the-terror-of-poverty-blood-markets-in-india/
http://jme.bmj.com/content/20/1/31.full.pdf
Thanks for that link, Kefa. Also, I take it we are to read this post as indicating your change of mind on this topic?