Those who hunger are the
ones standing at the margins
those who thirst are lying under
foot being trampled by passers by
as they cry out No!
Whether the hunger or
the thirst is ours
or not
we eat at table with
the hungering and thirsting ones
or not
for sometimes we get
very good at ignoring their cries
shutting our eyes tight against
the things they scream in our ears
it’s just too much
and we are too few
and it’s not our problem
and what can one person,
one family, one church,
one village, do?
Perhaps we might begin
simply by beginning –
remembering that hunger
and thirst are not abstract –
not theoretical
for they are not
and the real need
sits at table with us
always
That, perhaps,
is their blessing
to we who do not
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