Bread soup

We eat by necessity 

We eat because we must

Poor children in the streets

Searching for scraps in the dust

Saw two orphans scrounging 

Had to beg for food: no lounging

They gathered crumbs of bread

Others had tossed about their heads

They were making bread soup you see

A few crumbs in a bit of dirty water

Nothing else was left for them

As they diligently sought their supper 

Nobody was there to aid them 

Nobody there to help them glean

For their parents were killed months ago

And nobody wanted them: were mean

Ignored, deplored, pushed away: that's right

Unwanted, unwashed, unloved, alone

God help this world where children suffer

Dear Lord: please come soon...

There are so many who need you

Please come and set us free

Scenes of sadness from Syria on our TV
Ah the pain I felt for those children
God please help them to survive these days