Is It Really About Helping

The faces of vulnerable children fill the screen.
Music carefully pulls at our emotions.
Then the account number of an unfamiliar organization appears.

Each time I find myself asking.
If the true intention is to help that child,
why are the child’s name and account number not shown.

Compassion carries immense power.
Some use that power to save lives.
Others use it to sustain their institutions.

The more the word “help” is put forward,
the more I look at direction rather than language.
Real help is not explanation but result.