T I A

Can't you believe their watery eyes.
Can't you hear their muffled cries.
Not getting enough to eat,
The flicker of hope they shall keep.

Water drying up in the Savannah heat,
For help, they will pleed.

Little children snatched away,
From the one who has not
..Yet decayed.

Families suffering drought,
Asking America.. "why can't they help?"
This. Is. Africa.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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O'Leary Avatar
May 27, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Another catastrophe... ignored, denied... :-(( Terry (another good poem!)
Vresk Avatar
May 27, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Thank you again Terry, I love writing about these things.. About life.
The Drunken Poet Avatar
May 26, 2012 at 9:14 PM
WOW,STUPENDOUS WRITE DEAR POET!!!
Vresk Avatar
May 27, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Thank you Elliot.
Michaels Avatar
May 26, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Deep and moving.
Vresk Avatar
May 26, 2012 at 6:48 PM
Thank you once again Adriana (:
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