Warm Words

A homeless family copes.

 

Ice cold snowflakes

Frozen on brittle eyelashes

No warm coals for our hands tonight

No warm words for our ears

 

Sleep, young child

Some soup for your aching stomach

No warm bread for our veins tonight

No warm words for our ears

 

Daddy’s still looking for a job

Momma’s stealing water for our lips

No warm coats for our backs tonight

No warms words for our ears

 

The lady in the car brought us a sandwich

The man spat on what was left of our shoes

No warm looks for our eyes tonight

No warm words for our ears

 

We’re still living under the noisy bridge

Catching diseases from the dogs

No warm houses for our family tonight

No warm words for our ears

 

We’re all holding hands again

Our family against the world

We may be homeless tonight

Six warm words for our ears

 

                                At least we have each other

Reviews

[Helena]

A sad and touching write. A very good job indeed
Thank you for submitting this to my contest!
Helena

[John Morris]

This is outstanding, you just missed out on the top spot for my contest though your better than the twenty other entries.

Well done.

[Constance]

You've captured poverty and sadness so poignantly here that my own bitter childhood just came back to me. Luckily, I'm in a much better place now, and those memories no longer sting. :)
Thank you so much for entering this in my contest. I loved reading it.

[Cal Vance]

warm words are the best ones for me cuz they let my heart feel what is write and what feels good,good job!