Purpose.
What is the purpose of life. Why do we wander the earth. What is the point of poverty and suffering.
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#projecthumanity You've not got the newest iPad. Oh goodness. You poor dear. But what about those people, Who live every day in fear. Those who don't have a crumb, Or a penny to their name.
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Grumpy Old Rant
Hey life can be a bitch And growing up is hard It's not all Romeo & Juliet God bless the words of the Bard Think you have it tough Just stop and think of those That have absolutely nothing No...
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Poverty
I'm not one for poems or stories and such. So I'm just going to write this. While you're sitting, lying, standing there reading this, people in the world are suffering so badly.
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How Can We?
How can we. How can we eat until we nearly explode when people elsewhere in the world struggle to find a grain of rice.
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Embroider The Truth.
Peace on earth, will it be World harmony will we ever see The West want to impose their laws The East have their many flaws The wealthy clinging to their wealth Whilst the poor struggle to keep...
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Fair Trade?
It's not fair but they have to trade. Swapped then researched and betrayed. Blood, sweet and tears make up the days. Producing the goods so others can play. Grown food but nothing edible to eat.
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Not A Poem
Right now I'm hearing people are dying They aren't showing it on the news, the media is lying. Is anyone even trying. Trying to help..
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Rain Rain Go Away?
It's grey and oh so wet again......so what. Are we not a species that builds itself shelter. Do we not wear clothes to keep us dry.
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Needed
You need water to survive; Clean, fresh water. So when I look at that my glass of water, I realise that we take it for granted.
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Suicide
Now listen up.
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Your Life Is Tough?
If you heard the helpless cries of a starving child in the Kenyan slums, you'd know about hunger If you drank the poisonous river water riddled with malaria and infested by the animals that bathe in...
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Poverty
Last year I took a trip to Africa. I was appalled at some of the living conditions and scenes I saw.
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A Quote I Heard
If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world.
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Let's Not Complain!
Let's not grumble about the rain, lets not complain about the cold, let's not grumble about taxes, lets not complain about hospital treatment, let's not complain about not being able to afford the...
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Bleeding Sheep
Kids today don't understand What it's like to grow up in the sand They work and they grind Til they lose there mind These kids work there fingers to the Bone While U.S.
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