Every beautiful thing in community pantry

Quiet Storm by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II, 26 April 2021

Patring the lovely lady
behind this community pantry
said it so well "this is not a charity"
but "like a mutual aid of helping each other in need".

All she did was make us see
those in need as a person like you and me
who lives and breathes
but worries and cries alone
creating the spark unknown 
that we started to believe
we can feed the hungry
with whatever we have
if everyone tries to live simply
by seeing everyone's dignity
of not taking anything 
more than what is necessary.

The beauty of every community pantry
more than the food aplenty
is the overflowing of the spirit of humanity;
kindness and tenderness again caressed
everyone who has been stressed 
and depressed not only by the distress
caused by COVID-19 but mostly 
the lack of interest for persons
blinded by personal interests
who thought money as ayuda
will solve the plight and misery 
of the many going sick and hungry.

The humility and simplicity
of every community pantry
are the key to its mystery
when everyone begins to see
the needy as another person with dignity
a brother and a sister, a kin and family
thinking of everybody not just self entirely;
everybody is suffering
but at the community pantry
generosity is overflowing
because everybody is thinking
somebody can be in deeper misery.

There is something holy about the pantry
where everyone goes when hungry
that Patricia has brought out in the community
to remind us we are one big family
a normalcy replaced with greed and apathy
with everybody wanting so many
using manipulation to control even the nation;
pray thee may this community pantry
be the start of a beautiful journey 
to a brighter future for our country
where everyone lives simply and responsibly
not taking what is more than necessary!