Close your eyes and imagine how you would feel,

To go to bed without a meal.

Your mom is sad but says to look ahead,

Someday you won’t go hungry to bed.

You lay down, but can not sleep,

Because of the noise from your mother’s weep.

She cries a lot because here comes tomorrow,

And it will just be another day of sorrow.

No food to eat, no clothes to wear,

How much more can a small child bear?

Close your eyes and imagine how you would feel,

To get up for school and there’s still no meal.

You go to the bus stop with your stomach in knots,

Hoping no one will notice the holes in your socks.

Your shirt is faded, your pants are old,

You