Starving children in my living room
Crying for help
I put money in their mouths
But they won't go away

What can I do?
I don't know

The mother in me
Knows you're my children too
I don't know how to love them
Paralysed by pictures
In my living room
I watch the world outside fall apart

You're too real for my reality
Too sad for all my sadness
Too hungry for my cupboard
You're too close

TV flashing picture
Off and on, in and out
I see you but I don't know what to do
To make you stop
Making me feel guilty

When it gets too much
I change channel
I have a choice - you don't
You don't have a choice
I do