Starved Stomachs

This poem shows the dark side of humanity and the bad effect of poverty.

The eyes were constantly searching,

Searching for the food to quench the appetite.

But the stony passers were ignoring

the hungry mouths, imagining of a bite.

Poverty has become an antagonist,

In the story of starved stomachs.

Each character and himself the protagonist

Just thinks and their thumbs they suck.

The eyes shed bitter tears

And their hearts complained to the Lord,

"O Almighty! Are we lacking in prayers

or had done the deeds so abhorred?"

Unbeatable crying, but still lives the hope

And it will live until breaks the life's rope.

Author's Note

Ignore Grammar Problems

Reviews

[Wild Rose]

Very moving
Hunger seems to be all around us where ever we live and travell
Old people here
Do they spend money on eating or Heating
They live in cold houses temperatures below freezing wearing hats, coats and gloves.
Food from the "Food Bank"

[Raj Sahu]

Thanks for such a wonderful review!

[Wild Rose]

My pleasure young man

[Farrsight]

Nice! I liked the hope at the end, and the God in the middle. I feel like sucks would be more grammatically correct as just suck, but then the rhyme would not be complete, I know. It works either way. Good read, though!

[Raj Sahu]

Yes, grammar is not a sort of cakewalk for me. I too felt what yu felt. But for the strict rhyme, I ignored that. Thank you for correcting me. I welcome such support in future too. Thank you so much. 😊😊

[Farrsight]

You are very welcome!

[Joey Nizz]

This is real! Im happy to know there are others aware of the problems in the world other than theirs.

Thank you for sharing.

[Raj Sahu]

Thanks for your review. I appreciate it. 😊😊

[Joey Nizz]

Your welcome

[peacefrog]

The harsh realities of life, good read.

[Raj Sahu]

Thank you dear. 😊😊

[CMC]

This was real, truthful, and very insightful to the critical condition of our world's hunger. It almost made me cry while I read it in fact. Thank you for sharing this.

[Raj Sahu]

Yes, the condition is far worse. Thank you for your review. Thank you very much. 😊😊

[wordman]

i can not imagine they would be left like this,i can`t imagine god would let this go on

[Raj Sahu]

Thanks a lot dear Wordman. 😊😊

[Farhan Shaikh]

Powerful poem, true..
This makes me realize how much i have and i should appreciate whatever i got, cause there are lots of people out there who don't have much
.you work, It's awesome

[Raj Sahu]

Thank you very much dear. 😊😊

[Shy Joe]

An unselfish poem revealing a powerful truth. A lot of us forget how good we really have, including myself.

Powerful words. Thanks for sharing.

[Raj Sahu]

Thank you so much dear. 😊😊

[kingblaq]

"O Almighty! Are we lacking in prayers
or had done the deeds so abhorred?"
Your piece is very beautiful n conscious. Thanks for sharing this with us. WRiTE ON!

[Raj Sahu]

Thank you dear. 😊😊

[Mr.Writer]

A very thoughtful and sad poem...
The way you compared poverty to an antagonist... it was really cool :)
Very thought provoking piece :)

[Raj Sahu]

Thank you for your appreciation. 😊😊

[Mr.Writer]

No problem :)

[Zephyr]

The poem is so touching and about an issue that eats humanity....
The image you added is so heart wrenching.....
Really great work 😊

[Raj Sahu]

Thanks a lot dear. 😊😊