Take a Look
You complain when you cant have chocolate,
You cry when you don’t get your way,
You throw a fit when you cant watch TV,
you expect people to help you when you get hurt.
You turn up the heat when you get cold,
You want all the new electronics,
You are used to getting everything,
You expect to much.
While your fantasizing about your date,
and playing your new video game,
others are fantasizing about that single,
lonely piece of bread they will get for there next meal,
They will be thinking of how they are not going try very hard,
not to get frostbite during the night while they sleep on rocks.
People will be hoping for a simple cloth to cover up there wound,
Not some cast or brace to wear.
They probably don’t even know those are invented,
They will be planning on how to survive the next few days,
while you fret over what you are going to where.
You don’t like the gifts you get,
They are happy with a blanket.
We spend $10,000 on fixing a hockey arena,
You could save peoples lives with that money.
Look at the worlds picture,
Not your own.
Copyright © Jill Spitz | Year Posted 2012
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