Ordinary People Poem by Frans Adolph Steyn

Strangers on the tube unite
The peace and silence for me a fright
A drunken bum a ticket won
Prays he has a home tonight

The day was bright
The mood was good
While hungry children fight for food

Autim’s coming, winter's next
Hope your warm in your little beds
a child is hurt, but he'll grow old
And then forgotten when it's cold...

So take some time to look around,
Do you see them begging on the ground?
Are you scared..? They don’t bite
But ignore them again and they might!

The bitter sweetness it is all around
In keeps my feet steady on the ground
They stand in queues for food they wait
Some survive, for others to late.

It makes us think it makes us strong
The doings of someone else’s wrong
I pray to God that I’m not next
While you curl up in your warm little beds