LIVING IN POVERTY
CUBOARDS ARE BARE FRIG IS EMPTY FOOD STAMPS GONE CHILDREN HUNGRY HELP NEEDED WALKING THE STREETS BEGGING FOR MONEY SEARCHING FOR FOOD LOOKING FOR CRUMBS HELP NEEDED CHILDREN SICK HEALTH IMPAIRED SUPPORTS ARE GONE HOSPITALS FULL HELP NEEDED ROOM IS COLD CHILDREN SHIVER HUDLLED TOGETHER NO FOOD…NO CARE HELP NEEDED
POVERTY – NO BOUNDARIES
No One In Sight Miles Around Searching For Shelter Longing For Food Cold Weather In Sight Still Living Poor Urban Apartments Crumbling Houses Abandoned Parks Unkept Streets Unsafe Sidewalks Impassable Still Living Poor Suburban Neighborhoods Run Down Housing Insecure Landlords Absent Haves & Have-nots Shelters Unfound Still Living Poor Rural-Urban-Suburban Needs Unmet Searching For Shelter […]
HOMELESS – CITY VIEW
BUSES COME AND GO RIDERS ON AND OFF BELONGINGS ON THEIR BACKS CARTS FILLED WALKING UP AND DOWN STREETS SOME DIRTY AND SOME CLEAN BODIES STRUGGLE UP A SLOPE WEARY AND WORN FACES STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD MOVEMENTS SLOW AND DELIBERATE DESTINATION ACHIEVED BELONGINGS UNLOADED SETTLING ON BENCHES AND CURBS LOOKING FOR FOOD AND PLACES TO […]
HOMELESS – FEELINGS
WALKING THE STREETS SITTING ON A CURB SLEEPING ON A BENCH IN MY TENT UNDER A TARP A BRIDGE ABOVE MY HEAD FEELING THE PAIN EYES ON ME STARING AT MY WHOLE SENCING THEIR THOUGHTS HIDE MY FACE LOOK THE OTHER WAY TURN THE OTHER CHEEK FEELING THE PAIN LISTENING TO COMMENTS EXPRESSING THEIR HATE […]
HOMELESS – LIFE
BODY IS STRONG MIND IS WEAK ROAD IS RUGGED TAKES ITS TOLL NEAR THE END MOVEMENT SLOW THOUGHTS SHAKY WHERE TO LIVE WHERE TO EAT NEAR THE END ALL ALONE DAYS ARE LONG TIMES CHANGE FEAR MOVES IN NEAR THE END MORE HELP NEEDED NO WHERE FOUND HARDER TO ACCEPT REALITY CHECK NEAR THE END […]
HOMELESS – TEENS
EACH DAY A STRUGGLE HAD NO FRIENDS SCHOOL WAS HARD PARENTS DIDN’T UNDERSTAND NO WHERE TO TURN DIDN’T GET BETTER ONLY GOT WORSE HOME WAS A NIGHTMARE FAMILY NO HELP NO WHERE TO TURN CONFLICTS CONTINUED ANGER WAS PRESENT KEPT TO MYSELF FEELING DOWN NO WHERE TO TURN SEARCHED FOR AN ANSWER DECIDED TO QUIT […]
POVERTY – ENDLESS
TEARS FLOWED PANGS OF GUILT EMBARRASSED CHILDREN HUNGRY LIVING ON THE STREETS YOUR NEEDED NO WHERE TO TURN NO END IN SIGHT EACH DAY A STRUGGLE IT GETS HARDER DON’T GIVE UP YOU’RE NEEDED KIDS IN THE TENT NO FATHER IN SIGHT SHELTERS ARE CROWDED PANTRIES ARE BARE STREETS AREN’T SAFE YOU’RE NEEDED FEELING DESPAIR […]
HOMELESS – TIMELESS
THE CLOCK TICKED. THE SECONDS CLICKED. THE MINUTES SHUFFLED. THE HOURS PASSED. MY LIFE REMAINED UNCHANGED. THE DAYS DRAGGED. THE WEEKS BLENDED. THE MONTHS OVERLAPPED. THE YEARS FLOWED. MY LIFE REMAINED UNCHANGED. SPRING BROUGHT BRIGHTNESS. SUMMER THE LIGHT. FALL THE GREY. WINTER THE DARK. MY LIFE REMAINED UNCHANGED. THE CALENDAR MESHED. THE SEASONS BLENDED. THE […]