Poverty

Mountains rushing, swaying back,

Lapse the moments of all time;

What sublime being made thy...

When angels cry,

Their tears billow from the sky,

Crying for the once vibrant beautiful...

Too many rules
Too much taxes

Too many cops
Too much crime

Too many poor...

Child, never experiencing a life,
Cries, heart that cannot keep silent,
Clothes, shredded in...

Open the floodgates of heaven

and pour your richest blessing

upon your people.

...

Written May '85 when I was 14

It's truly a shame in our day and time
that a child goes...

Well dressed
well connected peacocks
obliviously
step over and around
the...

The poorest should never be neglected

Their struggles should always be respected

They...

Bony, artistic renderings, skeletons in your face, cowering
No pleading, just bleeding out, right...

The future of humanity
may hinge ultimately
on how we take care
of those in extreme...

A desperate need to find cash and eat

She decides to improve her lot and meet

A man she...

When a group feels
they are
a special breed apart

Preferred residents
in a...

The time poverty affords me
Makes being poor awesome
I now hug it for clarity
Now it...

Sat in the coffee shop
to escape the weather.
The rain was just short of a deluge
...