A Look into Your Eyes

taken for granted,
i cannot say...
looking to the other side,
i cannot stay...

i know what the real problem is...
so i...step back and let it roll.
don't question me...
i just, need time to let this heal.

do you realize?
just how lucky you are...
do you notice...
the people sleeping,
on the corner of your street?

the man i saw the other day,
begs for money...
just gets kicked anyway,
by the kids that go to church.

do you realize?
just how lucky you are...
do you notice...
the child getting beat,
in the middle of the street?

i know a working woman,
with a set of twins,
she got her house taken away,
again...

why, just the other day,
an old man that i know,
was in debt,
and was about to go to jail for not paying the rent,
because...he had to pay for his daughters funeral...

what do you think?
that you didn't get that game?
does i bother you so bad,
that you went out for a week,
and they wont have sex with you?

30 little stitches that belong to me,
a...little girl got raped the other day,
the man got off with...a few dollers,
and, a new thing to brag about.

30 little cuts that belong to them,
he got beat, for eating.
and trying to sleep on the bed.

30 little reasons she hope looses hope,
because her husband doesn't give a good goddamn.
but, were has god been for her,
when she almost got killed?

1o,ooo little reasons why it hurt,
the abortion the 12 year old had to have,
because of her dad is only 1.

Author's Note

December 13, 2009

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[Addict With a Pen]

This poem made me cry. Reading this reminds people of the things they don't have to deal with and the pain they haven't felt. Very sensitive topics to write about, but you found words to express them in such a heart-breaking way that reminds us of what is happening around the corner and to not just at our doorsteps.