As the GOOD triumphs over the EVIL, lets pray that our HUMANITY successfully combats the demon called POVERTY . . . .
A CRY FOR HUMANITY
Copyright © SHRAVANI MUKHERJEE
Hello are you listening?
This isn’t a poem nor a song to sing
This is a cry, an earnest one
So just listen and let know everyone
That all children who love fairytales,
Don’t live one themselves
Because in their impoverished life –
They are trying to meet ends
That all children who are born
Don’t have the good care and proper hygiene
They are the ones called the homeless
Deprived of basic amenities and environment clean
That all children in their childhood
Are not playing with bright colors and toys
Their innocence is crushed
They are unaware of life’s simple joys
That all children growing up
Are not educated enough to spell their own names
They never had the time and resource
Enslaved and burdened they live their life of shame
That all these children who live the hard life
Each of them has a dream in their tired eyes
Battling hunger, thirst and for shelter to survive
Victims of poverty, illiteracy and ofcourse time
Wondering how lucky and privileged I am
All my grumblings for stuff and my loss –
What was that for?
Does that really matter?
When I know what these kids never got!
The least we can do is practice humanity
And join hands to fight the demon called poverty.
