Hunger

I never knew Hunger before

Nor the many faces that she held

And yet still I never saw her coming my way

Passing closely by every day

In the image of a happy child

I didn’t know she’d be hidden

Behind the eyes of a courageous mother

Choosing coffee over nourishment at every meal

For that one meal they may manage a day

Just so her children can fall asleep without pain

I guess I just never thought

I’d find her so clean and put together

That she’d be thriving in a nice sturdy home

Alongside the pride of an eldest son

Determined, driven, desperate

To make up for his father’s failure and fault

So how did I not think

I would find Abuse as her only companion?

I must’ve been blinded by ignorance

Asleep in this blissful dream of poverty

Just so that I might rest

Peacefully oblivious to her world of suffering