I SAW THEM HUDDLED

Homelessness. In my opinion, a crime in our affluent society....no matter the reason.

I SAW THEM HUDDLED

I saw them huddled on the ground
Beneath a simple spread.
The wind was cold that win'try day
And yet they had no bed.

What circumstance or evil fate
Had placed them both at risk,
For on the streets no one is safe...
On this I must insist.

Oh, I know some would front and say
He brought this on himself.
But who are we to scoff and judge
When someone needs our help?

We never know what lies beyond
The corner of our day,
So it behooves us...friend to be
To those along our way.
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Reviews

[emmajoy]

Three cheers and a Medal of Honour for your wonderfully empathic words!!! You're so right, people are so quick to accuse homeless people of being this or that. So many people live in their ivory towers and blame their own brainless vertigo for not understanding how a human being could have so much less. .

In this country people do sit in the wind-tunnels of built-up urban areas or end up lying in ditches under branches cut down and left for removal at a later date.

Perhaps folk should help out at Soup Kitchens for a day or serve soup from lit stalls each night until dawn. Perhaps folk should see a movie called,' I, Daniel Blake' and know it's based on facts far worse than those shown on film.

Your words are in their own way, beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Thank you from my entire heart for adding them here in a place where romance and flowers fade into memories whilst words like yours should remain forever. (You)

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much for your beautiful comments on this write! ~Sharon

[emmajoy]

Hugs zooming tho gently, to your chair.side! xx