Homeless

 

STREET BY STREET ARE PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY

BASIC NECESSITIES

NO FOOD TO EAT NO DRINK TO DRINK

HUSTLING THE ONLY OPTION INSIDE THEIR

BRAIN TO SURVIVE

GRABBING ANY CUP TO HOLD OUT

"GIVE ME CHANGE IS WHAT THEY SAY IT'S

ALL THEY WANT"

CARD BOARDS WITH BLACK MARKINGS STATING

"WILL WORK FOR FOOD"

WALKING AND STANDING ON THEIR ACHING FEET

EVERYDAY MONDAY THRU FRIDAY

BOLD ENOUGH TO EVEN SLEEP UNDER BYPASSES

ON THE OUTSIDE UNDERNEATH THE RUFFLED UP

JEANS AND SHIRT LAYS A SMART INDIVIDUAL

A WELL- DETAILED HARD-WORKING MAN WHO LOST

EVERYTHING INCLUDING HIS JOB

RANDOM PEOPLE WHO PASS HIM CALLING HIM A BUM

THEY DON'T THINK HE STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT BACK

THE SUN DROPPED AS THE SUN DROPPED

NIGHT CAME

SCARED AND HUNGRY COLD AND FREEZING

NO BLANKET COVERING THEM

SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN KNOWING

THE BAD GUY SCOOPING THEM OUT

IN THE WAKING MOMENTS OF THE NIGHT

FAMILY DON'T CARE OF THE VICTIMS

UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE

UP LOOKING TO THE SKY TO MAKE THEM FEEL

SPECIAL

PRAYING ON THAT CONCRETE KNEES HIT THE GROUND

FIRST "GOD WATCH MY BACK, I DON'T WANT TO DIE SO SOON" THIS IS HOW THEY FEEL EVERYDAY

AND EVERY NIGHT

MOST OF THEM LOSE THE FIGHT

LAYING ON THEIR SIDE

FACING THE RIGHT

CLUTCHING THEIR FIST TRYING TO LET THE TEARS

STAY IN THE BACK OF THEIR EYES, BUT IT

DIDN'T WORK

TEMPERATURE DROP BELOW THE FREEZING POINT

SHAKING IS WHAT THEY BODY DO OVER AND

OVER

STOP THE PAIN

THE BAD EMOTIONS GOING INSIDE THEIR BRAIN

MAKING THEM END UP GOING INSANE

KILLING THEMSELVES IS THEIR ONLY OPTION

THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK

SHELTERS IS WHAT STAY IN BUT THEY GO

OUT BACK TO THE STREETS THAT'S WHERE THEY

ARE USED TO

GETTING ROBBED IS HAPPENING TO THEM DAILY

ONE DAY YOU SEE THEM THE NEXT WE SEE

THEIR LIFELESS BODY

DAMN WISH I COULD OF STOPPED IT