Just trying to make a difference about something that means a lot to me.

Penny in a Jar

Put on clothes that are so last season.
Put off buying that new car.
Have a goal and know your reason.
Put a penny in a jar.

How many times do you go out to eat?
Do you buy cigarettes?
Do you get front row seats?

Haven't you noticed the pain and the suffering?
Over there,
Over there
On the other side of the world?

For every time you wanted to buy that candy bar at the store.
For every time you thought you needed more, more, more.

Just think about the humans
Who never got a chance
To blow out their thirtieth birthday candles
Or eat a marshmallow s'more.

Put a penny in a jar
Put one penny in a jar
When you mail it in instead of watching a movie or buying an album or taking tuba lessons or gambling at the casino or paying the gardener or going on vacation,
You'll know that you did more.

poem on allpoetry.com: http://allpoetry.com/poem/3987805

note: i spelled diarrhea 2 different ways, but apparently both are correct. (less info)