A hungered world was eating
all that God had laid before
both sinners and believers
and sad strangers on the shore.

A hungered word was spoken
a mix of greed and pain
by both sinners and believers
who would not speak again.

I listened to Mandela
i sang songs with grey Geldof
declaimed 'you too' with Bono
watched all that Live Aid stuff.

I looked at the world leaders
like Bush, Chirac and Blair
then looked at all those pop stars
and wondered why they're there.

What has happened to our conscience?
what's become of our ideals?
when the votes in our democracies
are to the music charts less real?

Could it be that when we're voting
our own self-interest
sidelines those big issues
that would really serve us best?

David Keig

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hunger-4/