Sweet, Sweet Charity!

I wrote this out of nowhere after watching several documentaries and reading some things about past wars, and how they affected the civillians caught in the middle. A tribute to Charity.

Oh, sweet charity! How blindly you give!

To the poor,

The meek,

And the down-trodden.

Sweet charity, sweet giving:

Lend me your coin for food!

 

I have no dignity, and no faith left to find!

I have three sons to support

And three daughters to add,

Sweet, sweet charitable souls!

I beg of you:

Lend me your ear and coin!

 

I know not of the rich man’s luxury,

I know only of frugality and bargain.

Never have I spent freely,

For I never had a coin nor freedom to spend.

Blessed giving hands:

Lend me your ear to listen!

 

Listen, come and listen

To my toil and growling stomach,

To my children’s cries for every meal,

To my love’s holed soles and soul.

Sweet, sweet charity!

Lend me your ear and coin!

 

Send me a coin, a pound, a euro, sweet charity!

Anything that might afford bread!

Send me faith and strength and patience, sweet Gods!

Anything that might help me through!

Sweet Gods, send your sweet charity!

Lend me your sweet charity, your ear, your coin!

 

-Taiylor Wallace

Author's Note

I do know that the words Sweet Charity are repeated quite a bit, but that's kind of the point. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Akshat♥]

repeating some lines really adding magic to
your poem..
this is something different i have read because of you..
so thanks for that..keep writing:)

[for my ♥]

....I really enjoyed your read. This is masterful.
Sad and tug at the heart, Written so well.