Outliving Death

'The Vulture And The Little Girl', The Pulitzer Prize-winning picture In the newspapers of late June 1993 Was enough to shock any with a heart It was a real scene from the sufferings Of the devastated Sudanese people who were Destined to fight and outlive The severe famine and poverty of 1993. Even a drop of muddy water was scarce To quench the fire of hunger that rose Up from the bottom of their stomach Charring it's walls and burning throats The child was one of the many millions Whose lungs were struggling to breathe And hearts to beat in the proper rhythm All for want of a little food and water The common mass in misery used to rush To landing aircrafts anticipating food supply Keeping outside, under the burning sky And leaving to destiny, their ailing children. It was to Kevin carter's notice that a vulture Eyeing on a frail child came accidentally And he copied the scene in his camera for placing before the social conscience And not for the fame that sought after him- The Pulitzer Award for Journal photography Could not solace his heart ailing from injury Cast by the horrible sceneries in Sudan