i come among the people like a shadow
i sit down by each mans side
non sees me, but they look on one another
and know that i am there

my silence is like the silence of the tide
that buries the playground of children
like the deepening of frost in the slow night

when birds are dead in the morning
armies trample, invade, destroy
with guns roaring from earth and air

i am more terrible than armies
i am more feared than cannon
kings and chancellors give commands
i give no commands to any
but i am listened to more than kings
and more than passionate orators

i unswear words and undo deeds
naked things know me
i am first and last to be felt of the living
i am hunger.....

by: MISS MADELA