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The Children Of Ethiopia
Tracing my bare foot
Along the edge of the bathtub
Watching the water
Drip gracefully into this ocean
That I've cried
And dedicated to you
The once warm
Once clean,
Water surrounds me
And lifts my spirits
As I wrap my arms
Around my cold stomach
And feel the stabbing pain
That comes from being starved
For so long
A diet of fake smiles
And real tears
Where my only food
Are memories
And I live off the the knowledge
That I will see you again
My ribs protrude
And my stomach distends
From crying hunger
Belonging only to me,
The homeless
The children in Etheopia
Call to me under the bright moon
I answer their calls with love
For I know what it's like to yearn
And hunger, and ache
For something that seems so out of reach
