TO SLEEP HUNGRY AND COLD

Some hug their parents

 Others in holes in want

 Too chilled to the bone

 Or dying, dead or can’t

 Abandoned or left alone

How sad to fall in this plight

Homeless and was never taught

Only and lonely to be caught

As child parent without an end

Abandoned and nowhere to fend

And meanwhile the world

Debating, meet and discus

War mongers in the UN flailing

To help the aids enigma thus

Tsunami victims still hurting

Millions go to sleep

On earthen floors

Amidst bugs and rat infestation

With no cures

To the bondage and corruption

What is Santa going to bring me?

As western children today ask

Of parents who dumped surplus

Kissing babies in another mask

Behaving normal without a fuss

And the world goes on

Late debating until tomorrow

Children go to bed so hungry and cold

With parents drowned in sorrow

Hoping someone will break this mold

And before you go

To your warm bed tonight

Thousands would surely die*

Of starvation before light

As many ask why! Why!!?

~Naraine Datt~