Hungry Man's Dreams

poem

Hungry Man’s Dreams

These roads are long and lonely when a fellow needs a nickel

Hungry stomach rumbles as he contemplates eating a

Greasy cheeseburger and a pickle

He wants to work to earn his pay but each opportunity dies

As he strives to keeps up his hopes, he struggles ,

But because he’s hungry he tries

His confidence is shaken for he keeps hearing the word no

People all around him are happy and satisfied but hunger is all he knows

 

Will there be any relief to these unending hunger pains

Only if he finds a job or the money tree soon rains

He dreams of steaming mashed potatoes with rivers of brown flowing gravy

Or tempting thoughts of eating  crunchy, hot fried chicken make him feel wavy

He prays at night that soon he’ll find a job to enjoy life

Dreams at night about cuddling and kissing a pretty young wife

 

But these dreams will have to  be pushed to the side until his first paycheck is cashed

He must fight for some positive progress in his life before his hungry body is bashed

His hands yearn to be busy with work so his anxious nerves can calm down

Again, he longs for the day when he’s got a full pocket of cash and he’s wearing a crown

Never could he imagine days like this when he would be haggard and poor

Most days of his life the pantry was filled with all of the food it could store

 

 

Author's Note

A lot of hungry and unemployed people around today

Reviews

[Chris]

Marie,

and more EVERY week... so quickly forgotten and yet they were somebody's neighbors, friends, and even family. And the pressure never lets up - so long as the "Bottom Line" is more and more profits and less and less people to make it.

Chris

[Sam Severn]

WOW!!! Powerfully composed n' absolutely cinematic in the pictures you conjure up in my mind....BRILLIANT, N' HEARTBREAKING! ㋡

[emmajoy]

So much tragic truth in your powerful poem, love. Here you infer the man had a fortunate past and has fallen on hard times, that he longs to be back on his feet .. and yes, yes, there are millions like him; there are millions who've not had a cent or a penny in their lives; and there are those who have a fleet of cars and homes all over the world and still want more. .. life and living doesn't make sense.

[Rene Velez]

the struggle just to survive expressed so well...the forgotten.

[Darksummerswind]

This pretty common these days.

[....]

Just to think this goes on every day, not much we can do about it really, except pray one day the ecomony will turn around, but that's a laugh!....xo

[Poetic Beauty]

This is a sad tale and it happens every day. Many people have lost jobs and homes leaving them with no where to go but the streets and no money to eat. It is something we all should think about. You have written this piece with respect and great care.

[Becky C Strukamp]

You captured the pain of being without eloquently. I love the use of job/hunger/paycheck.

Excellent write.

[tynamite]

I'm sure people can relate to this. This is great. You expressed things well.

[sugar]

wow....

[light and ashes]

This is true. We should not look down on people who are homeless without a job because the reality of it is this could happen to anybody especially with this economy, great write.