When opulence and wealth
Designer labels expensive toys
Insignificant without value
Recipients blinded in a greedy orgy
I take a step back
And see with my mind and heart
I see children all bones
Taut skin
Swollen belly
Cracked dry thirsting mouths
Crying without tears
As hunger claims yet another
I see the women squatting
Under scorching sun
Small chisel and hammer
Working rock into pebbles
For few measly coins
That might douse fires in empty bellies
I see men become beasts of burden
Their youth plundered
Their frames bent in submission
Jostling for extras
That might add to the scraps
Each calls his meal
Some have more than others
Yet some others have nothing
Like death knolls toll
Humanity loses itself in its greed
There are many losing themselves
As poverty and hunger spreads
