In the midst of plenty!
Mommas and babies starving should
In the midst of plenty,
Their little hands stretching for food,
A tiny grain of rice, just a bowl,
One more day, to feed tummy and soul,
Who you say, is eating all their food?
Plenty there was a year ago,
Not someone on purpose take it would,
Surely that be a most heinous crime,
While I, on plenty dine,
Worldwide famine not unheard,
Only years ago,
Still it sounds absurd,
When miles of food we grow,
And plenty for next harvest sow,
Who is using all this food, if not hungry mouths?
What is hiding in that cave?
Is there, some hungry monster on the loose?
Can you call it by its name?
Or, should we our leaders blame?
Soon we will consume our own,
To ravage all there is,
Chew from hunger flesh and bone,
Our species loved ones, bit by bit,
If we don’t start to give a …………!
11/04/2008
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Love, Micke