The Streets

A poem about being homeless and alone with too much time to think.

The Streets

 

My eyes close and my head falls

on top of my backpack makeshift pillow,

and my two cheap lint-trap blankets

hold and seperate me from the cold.

 

The autumn leaves coat the ground

and give a little cushion to the road

though im young and new to this,

this way of life makes me feel so old.

 

My dreams have long been buried

with my childhood from years ago.

I once left flowers where they lie

but now i cannot even find the stone.

 

I sit and watch the days pass by

with every opportunity i once held close.

Im tired of standing in line after line

and searching for food before I'm nothing but bone.

 

Reviews

[Hitchhiker]

I managed to survive two lost decades as a homeless guy long before homeless was cool. I, like most of the people I met on the mean streets was homeless because I wanted to be. I had an anger towards an incident which happened to me that I froze out the world and struck back the only way I knew to strike back. How I survived I can only believe it was because early on I understood the street logic . . . Don't wait for someone to give you trouble or pain, give it to him first. If you are truly homeless, and not on the streets because you want to be, I wish you much luck and hope you can pull it together before the streets beat you down.

[Melloncollieme]

yes it is non-fiction and I am struggling to get myself back to where i once was before I landed myself here on the streets of Philadelphia. Thank you.

[reed]

lovely mooving rhythmic piece ,,i agree with kainan about the font little tough to read

[Melloncollieme]

thank all of you for your opinions. I appreciate them all!

[Kainan Corrales]

Really enjoyed this. The theme was unique and the rhythm of it was natural. The only suggestion I would make (and this has nothing to do with your writing skill) is to change the font. That impact font makes it hard to read and really doesn't do your piece justice.

[Melloncollieme]

Thank you for your feed back I'll try another font from now on.