When You Look Around Poem by Audrey Heller

When you look around you, as well as
hear, people are striving to make it,
through the end of the year! Life, is
basically getting harder, as we go
from day, to day as many of us, are
being put through the test. Everyday,
we trudge along, trying to do, our best.
When reading about so many people,
who are without jobs, their homes
foreclosed on, there's no salaries
coming in, you have to feel for them,
that all is lost and all is gone! It can't
get any bleaker than this and can't
help wonder, what's gone amiss! How
long can it continue? When will we see
the light? We're doing all we can, but
somehow, losing the fight! When will
we see a new beginning? How long,
will we be down in the dumps? When
will things ease up, so we can clearly,
get over the humps? We'd all like to
have the answers, as it would be a
blessing to know. But I'm afraid, we're
in for a long haul and with 2011, almost
at our door, it's only then, things will
begin, to show!