A Hunger for Change

A grain of rice

A grain of sand

How can this be a promised land What's this century When people just like you and me Across the city, down the street Like people in Sahara heat Both need to be fed Can't even get their daily bread There's no thirds, seconds or firsts Each world is full of hunger and thirsts Food deserts in the topography Made by wealth, not geography Poor is universal But enough food is the reversal What seems a world away You may run into every day

This poem is about:

My community

My country

Our world

Poetry Terms Demonstrated:

Couplet

Comments

hrobarger

9 years ago

We may think of starvation and hunger as a problem that happens in Africa, or China, or the northeast U.S.; we picture it anywhere but right in front of us. Because we see it as a far away issue, it is deemed unimportant or unrealistic to combat. The truth is that in all places, people suffer from a lack of food. I live in developed, suburban town yet every food bank runs out from demand. Good nutrition is a human right, and we can begin to provide it wherever we are.

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