No one, and I mean
no
one
ever
should have to go hungry for even one day. No one should have to go bed on an empty stomach even once, just because they couldn't afford something that should not have ever come for a price in the first place. 

Which tense do we belong in?

You are so different
now
than what you
were
It's almost as if the clock itself could not tick,
I could not press these keys
to type those e-mails
(I often now 'save as a draft')
as fast as
this change in
you
It's too great
for me to be able to tell
if you once were,
or are.