Thirst and Hunger
Thirsty people pushes on hungry people who stands up with his food trying to orderly use it. But thirst cannot be won by anything else than pure water and pure water is missing. Hungry people, on the other end, knows well that one cannot survive of bread alone. It is a tragedy which goes beyond any hope.
Better than many words are only few
Better than words is intuition thought
Not all we see as picture is for true
To other things my mind is thus brought.
An image of poor world instantly I see
Looking for food and water all around
This pushes strongly what struggles me
Poverty is slavery and everywhere is found.
Bread isn’t enough to win the human need
There must be else for worth life receive
To a deepest culture man must then accede
And a spiritual poetry should too conceive.
Thirst needs good water, not a fancy drink
For simple habits help to poverty overcome
This naive rule forces us to strongly think
That a real equality of beings has to come.
for Ekphrasis Contest 01
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