A Perspective

 

Self interest and political greed

push aside those in desperate need

Some want a new nation with its flag

while the hearts of the poor do daily sag

 

Political parties squabble and fight

whilst for others there is no food in sight

Endless newspapers and political magazines

disregard the Third World and its scenes

 

Religions differ, politicians discuss

but for those without it is a simply a fuss

Independence movements and national identity

mean little to those in a starving majority

 

There can be no human morality

where there is no common economic parity

Wealthy nations do often stare

at Africa where the cupboard is bare