The troubled mind sees what the troubled eye fails to see.
A harsher truth in hardship's bitter land..
We are God's people, taught to seek divine favor,
But faith falters when suffering holds us in its grip.
How can a man trust in tomorrow's promise,
When hunger gnaws at him, a relentless whip?
The rich grow richer, the poor bear the brunt,
A vicious cycle where only the strong survive.
A hungry man's morals blur in the face of need,
His stomach's growl a plea to simply stay alive.
Society judges the bite of the starved with a flinch,
While the feast of the wealthy goes unnoticed, amiss.
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Marcelinus Apakhade
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❤️💕👌- have on words. Written so well and so true.