Third World Country, Child

October 28, 2013

My ribs are whirled outward such as rabid waves.

They starve amongst the depth of the ocean,

they are forgotten.

My flesh is a canvas and

I am hungry, hungry, hungry.

There is a melody of flies buzzing within my ears.

The motion of dust dances beside me.

Disease is prone amongst my bones -

It lingers within me, deteriorating my home.

My eyes are wide, they are deep -

From viewing sights of Poverty,

Inequality.

Sometimes I wish I could devour freedom for breakfast, lunch, and supper.

Freedom to choose my situation.

The sun grazes upon my eyelids,

my eye lashes become sun rays.

I am warm, my soul is first-class.

I am not just scorched with heat due to the hell that I am facing.

I long to capture the good lingering within this cruel ordeal -

But if god created such a life,

Why did he choose me?

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