Poverty: The Effect of Today
Starving children around the world
whose cries remain unheard
greedy people with riches and all
ignoring their little word
Even we have more than enough,
we are afraid to share
abandoned children on streets
Scampered for tender care
delegates of our government
we are afraid to let go some of our wealth
likewise ordinary people
who think only for themselves
If a child on the streets who was nothing is willing to share
why are we, we have everything, still so greedy?
Is this what you want to show to my fellow children
from the next generations to see?
We have the privileged life
with plenty of food, water and shelter
no wonder, we have a large gap
between the rich and the meager
If all the money spent on war was spent on eding poverty,
what a wonderful place this world would be
Let us eradicate the existence of inequality
we must become the change we want to see
I could be a victim of war in the Middle East
I could be a child starving in Somalia,
a child living in the favelas of Rio
or a scavenger for food in India
I know that we're all in this together
and should act as one
to start a tremendous difference
and end this mischief we begun
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