it's a cold winter's morning here in my home town, Bulawayo Zimbababwe. I have been home for a few days now and it's been... home. but as i sit in the darkness, trying to pen (or rather type) the emotions in my soul, i find myself asking a question I have asked many a time before-where is our humanity? in a world that increasingly preaches individuality and the persuit of individual interests-there has come about a type of loniliness that makes me feel so disconnected from those around me.So disconnected infact that I watch with indiference as wars errupt globally, as innocent and not so innocent men are tortured, as capitalism corrodes our soul infavour of physical adornments,as children continue to starve and be orphaned right under my nose. I am indifferent to the fact that I am loosing touch with my friends, old and new, far and near.So indifferent that i can see their names online and not link up, not answer their call, not email for weeks.And why? Because deep down I am self serving. Needing people when I need them.Choosing to be passive instead of fight. And all thats happening, its not happening to me,as an individual. As an individual, I am healthy and happy and my world is not falling apart as drastically as others. But, in the end, is that happiness?How can you be happy knowing your brother and sister are suffering, knowing that with each new day and each new trajedy, you slip further and further into indifference, satisfying youself with the inanimate objects that give colour to life yet take away that very life's breath. What will it take to wake me from this indifference. And you? What are you DOING in the wake of a community-less existence that teaches :look out for number one?" has your humanity been replaced by apathy that rules the day as we are numbed by cell phones, clothes, celebrities and lights.

Where do I go from here?