Tragic Family Portraits

I think about people who live
around the world and how they
live and how they still love.

Even when most live in abject poverty
with no food to eat...no safe water
to drink...no roof up above.

I try to imagine how much pain
and sorrow they are going through.
How I feel useless as I sit here
doing absolutely nothing.

There is no one to help when there
is nothing I can do. Except maybe
pray that war and disease will cease.
Now that would be something.

The world could use a little peace.

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