Think of Someone Else Today

Just take a moment to care. If everyone did, then the world would be a kinder place for us all...

There's an old man out on my street

with bundled rags upon his feet

and a plastic bag of old tin cans

but not a single thing to eat.

 

 

I can see him crouching there

with his twenty-five yard stare

with nothing to be hopeful for

mutely daring me to care

 

All the people pass him by

But no one thinks to ask him why

He's sitting out there in the rain

Beneath a leaden, weeping sky

 

I tried to show him that I see

But he simply wouldn't speak to me

Closed his face and closed his mind

Trapped in his insanity

 

There's a child crying raggedly

A beaten, battered tragedy

of stolen hopes and secret fears

That somehow only I can see

 

A thousand babies died today

As I made my pointless way

Along the path of my own life

What am I supposed to say?

 

There are soldiers dying in a war

Who knows what they're fighting for?

Oil or land, revenge or spite

It doesn't matter any more

 

In a world that I have come to hate

Starving people sit and wait

Forgotten in their poverty

As governments procrastinate

  

We are the kings of greed and gain

Perched upon a world of pain

Obsessed by sheer prosperity

Convinced that we are not to blame.

 

One old man out on the road

With tattered mind and ragged clothes

Dying slowly in a world

Where every, single door is closed

 

To stop this global travesty

We must first accept reality

What right have I to feel content

When misery is all I see?

 

I am so angry and ashamed

That we choose to live this way

So, I ask you, please, just try

To think of someone else today

 

Reviews

[Spat Queen]

I think this piece is so worthy of a good look from everyone. The rhythm and the flow is so well penned it is obvious that it is truly heartfelt. I think the first step towards a "better world" is the elimination of guilt. Sometimes life just is. As long as person takes a moment with a piece like this, whether it be writing it or simply appreciating it, I think its a step in the right direction. Magnificent work on this.

[Lady leah]

Very nicely penned piece, I loved the flow of it. I think in todays world we get so caught up in our own lives n what we do n yet fail to see whats right in front of us.

[Lidia]

This is nice, I like how your rhymes flow, and how you haven't forced them, because that can really ruin a poem. Your subject matter is great, if a little overdone. You still add something though. It kept me reading through the whole piece. Nice work!

[Amy]

Well said!
Nicely written!
Thank you for reminding us all. x