Concrete Bed

Concrete Bed

 

Every night he stands

In the alley behind the bar

Watching the world pass by

In front of his shopping cart

 

His clothes are old and tattered

His beard has grown quite long

He is forced to steal for food

Though he knows that it is wrong

 

This world is very lonely

And for him it must be worse

I wonder if this poor old man

Feels like he’s living in a curse

 

He takes it day by day

Just trying to survive

And though he is not dead

He does not feel alive

 

The world can be so cruel

And people can be too

Some just walk right by him

Is that person you?

 

It doesn’t make much sense to me

How we can’t feed our own

And how in America a person can live

Without a place to call their home

 

They say we are the greatest country

But how can it be true

When there are children going hungry

And there is nothing we can do?

 

Reviews

[Voice11]

You are awesome with making the poem flow with this piece. Awesome job.

[Shellie]

You know what they say... one change is a big change. This is good miss.

[closed account]

ooooh loved it.. loved it ,,, loved it.. did I say I LOVED IT!!..
so powerful as the cowboy stated, so genius as I know you produce
this was an amazing write with so many questions unanswerd.. you are
right???? but???? we can make the difference if we all would just give a little
more and take a little less.. awesome...

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Oh so powerful and true are your words... it is hard to understand how we can give money to other countries tto help them out and yet allow our own to live on the streets, sometimes veterans who served this country who are deserted by the ones they protected. Then you have those who's cups are over filled while others mouths are parched and dry.

[Sheila Marie Carr]

Wow! this is so real and true, It's a shame that we have some homeless and hungry right here in America and there's really not to much being down about it. You did such a great job on this write, I will add it to my favorites.

[PasDeChat]

very nice write. It is all so true and make you think. So your poem did its job. Thanks for sharing