Hunger

HUNGER Like a pigeon awaiting the scraps that may fall to the ground I wait My anxiety and patience screams At me to grab and run Yet I sit still and bide my time Longingly my eyes linger over each bite That the well fed take The action of mouth opening Enclosing Then devouring Seem so alluring I am transfixed I stare shamefully Enviously Hunger is wrecking me The pangs are abusing me I need to appease The growling of my stomach The exhaustion I feel The torment wrecking my mind Will no one spare a thought And a few morsels? I can feel the rage building in me I want I need knowing that I must wait angers me I feel abandoned by humanity Lunch hour drones on I salivate No energy to grab and run So I must wait patiently The rumblings continue I stare longingly Slyly I am near tears I have not the courage to ask For it will seem a fraught plea My tears will betray my desperation And my impatient hunger I still have my pride It clings to me Admonishing me for What I must do after they Who are well fed depart Sadly it silences not my hunger I will not ask Nor beg But wait patiently Hoping for crumbs Or beads of any liquid left For me to assemble A feast A stomach silencing munch