I don’t know what it is for you
For me it’s been three days
I am hungry.
The age that I am in, is good
People say, nine is to learn and play
And all I can understand is food
I am hungry.
I feel not ignominy but the need
Let only few of those morsels be mine
I am hungry.
You are capable, I am not
One day I will be too, the sun is sure to shine,
I will also share what I have got
But now I am hungry.
great writing
I love this poem. It’s very rare to read poetry that confronts issues of hunger these days. This is a great one.
Thank you !