Hunger

DR.Molly Joseph 



.....
hunger,
      the pulling force 
through
      aeons and ages..
the primitive
         zest to exist,
survive 
           the tumults
of time..

here I
           stand at
midpoint
of the present 
         equidistant
from the 
          fading past
and
      vague, flickering
future..

      minute by minute
crumbles...

the mundane
              repeats of
hunger,
               satiation
struggle..

God!
    what all faces!

 the young
         Migori tribal
teenage mother
with a 
           baby in womb,
two other kids 
       clinging to her..

hungry
           birdmouths
clamouring
           for food...

the pallid
             faces of
the fleeing
                 exiles
barefoot,
              braving
heat and
                   cold
in search
           of a safe
world
     shimmering
on shores
          so vague...

all to appease
                hunger..
for basic
             sustenance...

while the
          problem of
plenty
             heaps up
as waste
        on the other side


@
myna

( Dr. Molly Joseph is a Professor, Poet from Kerala, who  writes Travelogues, Short stories and Story books for children. She has published twelve books,10 Books of poems, a novel and a Story book for Children. She has won several accolades which include India Women Achiever’s Award  2020. She believes in the power of the word and writes boldly on matters that deal with the contemporary. She can be reached at  E mail- mynamolly @gmail.com  You tube- https://www.youtube.com/user/mynamolly)