Think

I've landed on this unfamiliar sand it feels like another planet
My kids have been left stranded & empty handed with as little as a
sandwich
Damn it I've been hammered in my head so many times it feels like brain
hemorrhage
I even graduated from Cambridge, majoring in foreign languages
But all of a sudden I'm huddling under a table next to an electrical
switch
A puddle of blood and a body muddled near a fridge
Despite all the thoughts i'm lost pondering
Is this the outcome, is this how it ends?
Because I started a normal life like any man would dream
A fantasy, the perfect job & perfect family
But ever since I got shot and the swat came for me
I was instantly seized, while my family was lost in the debris
So the next time you complain because your pantry is empty
Or your wallet is full of 10's instead of 20's
Instead of looking at what you don't have and not at what you've
received
Think about people like me
Because to you stress is not finding peace in the comfort of your home
To you stress is cashing a check and the bank rejecting your loan
But instead of wishing your jewelry was gold and not chrome
Take a second to realize that you're not alone

Reviews

[cest la vie]

Wonderful, thought provoking write. (I had a minute vision of "Grapes of Wrath" here.) I love these lines:
But instead of wishing your jewelry was gold and not chrome
Take a second to realize that you're not alone

Glad I happened upon this, nicely done1

[Rainbow Rider]

Beautiful piece of prose here. The meaning and thoughts are very real everywhere today, sad to say. It would be nice if more people thought this way.

[d. c. smith]

"Because to you stress is not finding peace in the comfort of your home
To you stress is cashing a check and the bank rejecting your loan"

[D. Pesek]

the message of this poem is very meaningful and the delivery was well done. great job!

[Fairy Tales]

very cool. spread the message.