SideWalk Part Two (OE) Poem

SideWalk

(Part Two)

Original Edition



My dreams shattered,
Like the broken glass on the street.
Never to be fulfilled I wonder,
As my heart skips a beat.
My health is failing,
And I can no longer sleep.
I have no money,
So there is no food to eat,
Nor medicine to treat.
I ask for change,
But people are so cheap.
The time will be coming,
For me to leave this earth,
I wish it would hurry up,
Because I cannot stand this hurt.
Ignored by all,
Except for the flies upon my skin.
I dream of nothing but hope,
To see the next day,
For everyday that goes by,
I begin to fade.
Help is limited,
To those that see,
That we are not creatures,
But human beings.
Walk in my shoes,
See what I have seen,
Go where I have been,
Do what I have done,
Then see if you could still judge,
That I am nothing more than street scum.

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