Challenge Ended
You find out the guy/girl you've been seeing is homeless. (Write from either perspective.)
Ended April 23, 2016 • 2 Entries • Created by TennTea
Challenge
You find out the guy/girl you've been seeing is homeless. (Write from either perspective.)
Extend Your Hands
I gave her a cup of coffee to warm her soul
“But where is my tomorrow?” she cried.
My jeans dry on tree branches blown
by the wind to dry as do my tears.
My shoes are worn from walking the streets
of desperation, despair and heartless rain.
Reality of living day to day is now my norm
loneliness is my only companion as I strive
to find an open food kitchen or a spare bed.
I have been locked out of life and have no key
I carry all I own on my back as it spills on a trail
of hopelessness and searching for what I have lost
I’m invisible, masked from vision of those who walk by
Stuffing fast food in yawning mouths, leaving crumbs
Why don’t they see me, why don’t they extend hands?
The least little kindness will help me stand once again.
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Challenge
You find out the guy/girl you've been seeing is homeless. (Write from either perspective.)