Homeless in America

Homeless in America

 

We travle this world, into the looks of sorrow,
Everybody backs away, when we beg or borrow...
Some of you just, stand and shout,
being mad because, our hand is out...
We have no place to go,nor anyone to love,
Some faught for our rights, and God above...
Getting trampled by the feet,of those on the street,
with places to go, and people to meet...
No help from them,must be too busy for us,
while we live in boxes,or have to sleep on a bus...
We all pray for,money,health,or some broken parts,
we all lost our homes,families and some broken hearts...
Some say, we should be jailed or run out of town,
Some close their doors when we come around...
Some of us are families, with no place to go,
Others are veterans, trying to forget what they know...
Getting little help from the comunities free ride,
we're just looking for shelter with no place to hide...
There's no jobs for us,so we search all around,
You look down on us,You frown on us,
when we collect cans from the ground...
We run from earthquakes,flood and storm,
You sit in fancy offices and say"It's the Norm"
We see you every day,You turn and walk away...
If you don't get involved,And it's not your affair,
You're showing the rest of the world, you don't really care...

 

LonelySoul
 

Reviews

[Astrid Hamilton]

...exactly.

I can't believe there are existing, so called-crises like an actors' strike- just a person with a sometimes paid-for face and no grace to realize they are lucky enough to have their face on a screen to be seen by a world who pays to see them, even if they do so with little or no money, just to be entertained away from any reality- and these people, who are still ONLY JUST people, get paid millions of dollars while there are babies dying and cannot even make tears for crying who can't even shoo away the flies, and single mothers all over this country with its high divorce rate, who can't get by, but still these people , for fame, bestow shame, down on anyone, like me, not asking, "may I have your autograph, sir?" -How absurd, and uncanny,
and for those bent down to pick up cans, well I say, let them do what they can to fill a need to eat.
But be discreet, with eyes, society, but no, society has always had something to say, just like me, just like you, it is all a matter of a facade that never amounts to anything, the fancy offices, fancy cars, box for shelter, bus to sleep on, in the end, we are all bones, all dust, forgotten...

[Jiggsy]

Heartwrenching..this is the Genesis of a Phil Collins song "Another day in paradise" - a favorite, equally heartwrenching!! :)

[B.S. Hartman]

A very true and disturbing look at our society. I have researched this subject as well as what some refer to Underground dwellers and was dismayed by how many of the better and well off are ignorant to this problem. A lot of people think the homeless is a myth and they are just too lazy to work or playing a scam and when you mention whole families out there, they laugh. We have become a very selfish people who have grown to value material things more than God's greatest gift-People. I loved this poem as it tore at my heart reminding me of how many times I've helped a person in need while friends looked at me funny. Your words touched my heart in a way that made me both sad and angry and I think that's whats missing, we don't feel sadness for these people or get angry at a government and society that allows this to happen. Thanks for the wake call