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Poem By: Brian Peza Perrins
Poetry

Tags: starving, starving children, poor, needy, dying, dying children

For all the poor and starving in the world, spare a thought at this time of year when people generally spend high amounts of money on materialistic stuff. View table of contents...

Submitted: Dec 6, 2007 Reads: 36 Comments: 5 Likes: 3

Close your eyes and try to see

The poor and starving, the poverty

Close your eyes and think of this

Nothing left but staring into the abyss

Close your eyes but don’t drift away

Think of those with lives in disarray

Close your eyes, why can’t you see

The children starving, hear their plea

Close your eyes and thank the Lord

For all the things in life you can afford

Then close your eyes and drift to sleep

Whilst children die and mothers weep

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Comments:

Tesseth

Wow.
Very very powerful write!

Very good.

Posted: Dec 6, 2007

Author Comment:

Many thanks for your kind comments Tesseth
Regards Brian.

GREAT poem, very powerfull and thought provokeing!

-inspired 12, soon 13 year old poet,
Harvey/Kain, wichever you preffer.

P.S, id be honored if any of you came to my poems and writ some reviews on them, i need some constructive critisism and feedback! :D.

Posted: Dec 6, 2007

Author Comment:

Thank you for your comment Kain, I will take a look at your work
Regards Brian.

gerabel

Nice work, Brian. It's a shame that we as the human race allow things like this to exist in the world. Because we are not confronted with it regularly, we don't acknowledge its existence but thousands... THOUSANDS die each day from things as unfathomable as starvation and treatable infection, while we sit here munching on a Hersey bar. But somehow, there isn't enough food or antibiotics to go around for "Poor Countries." Thanks for sharing this poem and reminding us all. We need to pray for those less fornate and give what we are able this holiday season.
Thanks again and Happy writing, Brian......................Jerry

Posted: Dec 6, 2007

Author Comment:

Hi Jerry, thank you for your comments and finding the time to reply. You're right the human race should be ashamed at the state of the world and what is allowed to go on. I hope this serves to remind just a few. Have a good Christmas just the same.
Regards Brian.

whitehart

This is very powerful!Good writing Brian.
Regards
Deb

Posted: Dec 21, 2007

Author Comment:

Thank you Deb and merry Christmas

rickyengland

A stirring message Brian.
I'm always humbled by the happy faces of children in starving countries, while I moan about no biscuits in the tin. 'Like it'

Posted: Jan 18, 2008