we cannot imagine hunger until we see
pot-bellied children covered with sores
swatting flies away from small, drawn faces
and tiny limbs bent and backs bowed
it isn't real to us until
we move beyond the television screen
and transport out bodies to the scenes
of the ravages of 3rd-world living
and the lies the media tells about 1st world giving
the truth of these atrocities we never
really know
but I've come back
to tell you so
x
I'm painfully aware that the same suffering is right here in our inner cities....and I feel the truth is, malnourishment on every level of our existence, is a worldwide epidemic.
pot-bellied children covered with sores
swatting flies away from small, drawn faces
and tiny limbs bent and backs bowed
it isn't real to us until
we move beyond the television screen
and transport out bodies to the scenes
of the ravages of 3rd-world living
and the lies the media tells about 1st world giving
the truth of these atrocities we never
really know
but I've come back
to tell you so
x
I'm painfully aware that the same suffering is right here in our inner cities....and I feel the truth is, malnourishment on every level of our existence, is a worldwide epidemic.
... please make yourself at home ... 