DROUGHT STRICKEN LANDS

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In drought stricken lands,
With famine and all!
Wars rage without mercy
Men, women, children, in agony fall!
In lands green and well nourished,
people sit back with their views.
Someone, please help them! Do something!
Whatever you can.
Imagine what it must feel like
In those far distant lands.
Frightened, Hungry, Thirsty. Suffering in fear...
Pray God will have mercy!
Think - Feel their panic and pain.
Choke! Feel their sorrow, shed a tear

and
with that tear in your eye, put out your hand!
I pray, don’t just watch them,
And then do naught.
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By Penny Andrews
30/03/06

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