Stay Hungry?

Mural by Joseph John Jones (1909-1963)

Belly full and still hungry

Eating for today and for tomorrow even

Who knows what will be

Bread, rice and peas and a little sugar

Essentials for basic living and some shelter

Those who pray, pray for daily bread

Those who grind, grind harder to eat

Starvation breeds hunger

The struggle is real and God is real too

for those who believe in higher

So they push and push to “make it”
for a piece of the pie and the taste of success

Champagne dreams many drink till drunk

Thirsty for the high life; who knows the price tag

But it won’t quench the desire

Fire burns

and the souls of many perish

While some soar on Cloud 9

Life is a dichotomy of two worlds:

Those who have and those who have not

The rain falls on all.

Those who believe only the strong survive

Prey on the weak

Preach money and power rules

Man elevates himself as God

while many sit in the pews, confessing sins

to men of the cloth.

A world within worlds, this life

but change remains constant

and so too, the poor and the wealthy

And if there be any absolutes

Who will stay hungry and who will be fed?

Written By: Rachael N. Collymore

©2018