A 'Me' World Poem by Britney Hogue
A 'Me' World
Walking home from the job I keep,
In this downtown city we call civilized,
I feel as if I’m the only one with eyes,
Unobstructed so to see the truth of matters.
There to the side of the overcrowded walk,
In an alley littered with the suffering,
Sits the small child dealt this hardship.
His hair matted, uncut and dirty.
His cloth about the same, torn and small.
He shouldn’t be there, sad and alone,
At home with a warm loving family,
In a beautiful house with luxuries,
With a yard, and dog as a loyal friend.
That’s the place where he should reside,
Not this crime filled, busy city street.
He’s too young to know this truth.
How the world cannot cope anymore
With everybody’s living for the “me”.
I walk to him there to the side of the trash,
Offer him my denim jacket off my back,
So he doesn’t freeze in the months ahead,
Give him the left over lunch I ‘bout chunked.
I stay a while; watch him take these little gifts,
And look to me with the sorrowful eyes
Of an innocent child’s soul in this pain.
It’s not fair to him to live this way.
He didn’t ask to be born unto this poverty.
It seem so unfair, that if he survives this
He will be just like the blood that created him.
Without having the parents to show him right,
He will learn the wrong, and fill the population
With more of the sinful crime and poverty,
Completing a never-ending cycle that multiplies,
Filling the world with more of that kind.
When will we ever wake up and learn the lesson,
That a “me world” inevitably ends with death.
Whoa! nice peom baby girl.. wish l could upload my own peom also. But very soon l will do that. I really like how you link the words and the total combination........... keep it up.
I liked this poem and the theme. A great poem i think. The rhythem is quite nice too. a great work
One focused eye on the seldom seen. Poignant evocations, Britney
a me world the world that has taken over the real world the world of our ancients where a person was a perso through other people.....humanity(ubuntu) .. does not ring anymore to other peoples minds......a great piece is this. thank you
Yes, that´s true. Lovely poem. Violence and disrespect are rulers in the kingdom of the ' me '.
a lovely write that was...it should always be a 'me' world...your 'me' seems to have grown or extended out..your compassionate heart was able to hand out love...the 'growth of the me'
Again, I am impressed by the writing and the presentation of this story. It is much more than that, and it should be. The clarity of this piece makes it worth reading at any level of human discussion of society's ills. Again, just wonderful! GW62
So much can be found within your words Britney, very well penned
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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i liked the social activist in you...keep going, young lady!