I'm going to take you somewhere 
Somewhere you don't want to go 
A place that is hidden 
Covered up 
A sad truth 
I'm putting you in a very real place 
A place no one wants to be 

First, I will tell you who you are 
You are a twelve year old girl 
You live in the slums of a large city 
Innocently, you begin your walk to school 
A man follows you 
You are unaware 
Until its too late

The details are hazy 
You remember the man grabbing you 
Someone putting a needle in you 
Now you are in a car 
You are chained to the doors

You stay this way for quite some time 
You don't know where you are 
Or where you're going 
A cold fear digs its claws into your soul 
The outcome will not be good 

The car has stopped 
You are unchained
The doors are unlocked and opened 
A man quickly grabs you 
He drags you into the building 

The apartment door is closed and locked 
You are chained to the bed like you were in the car 
There you are forced to service any man who comes through 
You are now a piece of merchandise 
A source of income 
You are now a slave 

The repition of men coming to defile you goes on for weeks 
Until suddenly it seems freedom is coming 
You are unchained from the place you've been for so long 
 The man grabs your wirsts 
He takes you out of the building
To the sidewalk 
Freedom is not what awaits 

You were bought by another man 
Like an animal 
Just a piece of merchandise 
To be bought and sold and used 
However it pleases them 

You are now part of the Human trafficking industry 
Unfortunately for you 
You are not the 1% that gets saved 
and your captor is not the 1 in 100,000 that is convicted of his crimes 
You are trapped in this life 
There is no ray of hope 
You forget what freedom is 
You forget what being a child is 
Your life has been stolen


You have seen into the world of human trafficking 
Through a girls eyes 
The reality is cruel 
The statistics are terrifying 
But we can make a change 
Even if its just to open the eyes of the blind 
To keep such a terrible truth from being covered up

Yes it is painful to recognize 
But don't the boys, girls, men and women 
Trapped in this world 
Don't they deserve freedom?