Starving

poem by: Tony Anderson
Written on Jul 25, 2016

There he stands
With a sigh in his hands that reads
"My last meal was from a dumpster"
Written by his six year old hands

There she stand
With a sign in her hands that reads
"I have not eaten in three days"
Written in her eight year old hands

Children are starving all over the world
It is far time
We let their voices be heard

 

Tags: sad, deep, dark,

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Cecilia Crasto commented:
Thank you for bringing this to people's attention, we need to speak up, well done.
Christopher Russon commented on Dec 03, 2017 at 11:13pm
A sad reality that never seems to go away.good poem Tony.
R.T. Aquinas commented on Dec 09, 2017 at 9:27pm
One of the sad truths of the world.
Frank Hornby . commented on Aug 07, 2018 at 2:06pm
Governments don't do much to help their own starving children.....just accept aid from wealthy nations....but don't distribute it fairly....they don't care about their own.....it's a disgraceful fact!....

 

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