Did I post this already? Oh well, doesn't matter, I'm posting it again. A poem I wrote after watching a video on You Tube.
If all tiny homes for the elderly/homeless were like this, we would have such a wonderful community for all.
I was born in the streets of the USA.
Was raised by the homeless and learned how to pray.
Every day, if I wanted to eat a meal,
I’d dig through the trash cans or I had to steal.
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I grew up working, not having any fun.
Wondered if the next day would be my last one.
I tried every day to help myself advance.
But most employers would not give me a chance.
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One day a nice man came up to me and said,
“How would you like to be in a house instead?”
I thought he was kidding, maybe just a trick.
Out of all the homeless, why was I the pick?
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He said, “I have been watching you from afar”.
“I have noticed what a hard worker you are”.
“You are kind and honest, even though you are poor”.
“That made me think that you deserved to have more”.
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He brought me to the store and bought me some clothes.
The next stop was a pedicure for my toes.
We went to a café, got something to eat.
I even got to have my first ice cream treat.
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Then he said, “Are you ready for your new home?”
“It’s not far”. “Just down this street, we need to roam”.
That small house was a site for my tired eyes.
In my stomach, there were many butterflies.
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The inside was nice, it was hard to believe,
that everything in there now belonged to me.
I know my eyes lit up and I felt my face beam.
I pinched myself to make sure it wasn’t a dream.
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It’s time to contribute to society.
I’ll make the best of it, you just wait and see.
After I get settled, I’ll do what I can.
To help some more homeless come up with a plan.
a nice poem..
Thank you. I have a few that I think are very good, some that are good, most of them probably just okay and a few that most likely suck. If I knew how, I'd put them all in a little book.
yeah why not..its a brilliant idea to compile all your masterpiece in a book
I don't know how to do that and probably too impatient to learn. Maybe I will someday though.
yes I've read this poem before 😄
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Yeah. I looked it up afterward. It's okay. I think it's still a good poem with a good message so getting as many people to read it as possible is good.