THINK EAT SAVE

 I woke up one gloomy morning, my empty belly begging for more
Bursting with emptiness inside, no different from the night before
 
All ten years of my lousy long life, only constant- the pain of hunger
My first memory and many more, of horrid howling hungry starvation
 
Scavenging waste, digging trash, all these years I've survived and grown
Struggling with hopeless poverty, homeless, feeling naked in rags torn
 
Mother Earth has so much to offer, then why so many starve and die?
The rich have so much to waste, while millions with need whine and cry
 
Like a snail life crawls moment by moment, I slog forever day and night
A piece of bread, a shred of food, for every single bite I've had to fight
 
The next meal is your only thought, when you are deprived and starving
Food is all you can think of, your hunger so dominant and overpowering
 
So next time you don't like your food, or some of your meal you waste
Stop and think of those who can not even afford a tiny morsel to taste.
 
Think before you waste your food, eat only as much as you can have
Save food to save the planet from starvation? THINK... EAT... SAVE