Hunger

Have you seen the hunger etched in their sunken eyes? Life all but lingers where hope is completely lost. With a frail weakened hand reaching out for a morsel probably their first in days. When hunger pains echo in their ears. Barely there a bag of living bones. Each day a torturous and continuous nightmare. As they lie starving in the streets and alleyways. While we enjoy a meal carelessly discarding that which remains. When it could have fed another, could have filled an empty stomach that night. Have you ever listened to the weak and plaintive cries of a hungry child today? As you dump your leftovers in the bin. Your thoughts far from those left without. As you refuse to eat the meal given to you, when there are others out there who are hungry too.