Poverty looks like
bare feet; skin and bones
a silent sob, and one too many loans.
...
Somewhere, not so far away
is a place that can never be erased.
A place where the human race,
...
Sometimes, I look up to the sky,
and wonder just where you might be.
Still hiding from your problems, and all reality?
I wonder still what could have been,
...
Poverty
Poverty looks like
bare feet; skin and bones
a silent sob, and one too many loans.
Poverty looks like
cupped hands; nickels and dimes
a stifled shiver; and multiple fines.
Poverty looks like
sadness, whimpers and tears
a quiet escape; because we let it become
too late.