Falling down to the ground
A child left in the lost and found
A girl left behind
But no one seems to mind
A boy left in the park
He’s alone in the dark
So many kids on the street
They’re lucky if they eat
Some are missed
Others have never known a mothers kiss
So come on people don’t be blind
Can you really leave them behind
Doesn’t anyone care
This isn’t fair
But life is never just
And ignorance in this world is a must
The World's View Has Not Changed
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We watched
from the sidelines
as children starved
in third world countries
for centuries as armies
march in and declared
a new owner of the land.
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We watched
from across oceans
as women watched
their children starve
in mud made housing
with straw roofs.
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We would not believe
what we were watching
if a Somalian mother
was happy to be in
an american or western
alley scavaging steak
and string bean casts off
and inside garbage bins
in a dark alley.
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Stella L. Crews
04-25-17
133p
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Poverty is relative. Most street kids here are not starving, drug addicted or homeless, but they eat okay and survive. I know. Values differ, most people in the world live on $3.00 a day.
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