Skinned knees
Blood red
Torn pants
Frayed rope belt
Too big for frail frame
~
Nails caked
Hands shake
Dirty hands
Utensils for eating
Food is scarce
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Shirt ragged
Sleeves ripped
Buttons missing
Better than nothing
Shopped from trash
~
Face leather
Beard unshaven
Hair matted
No place to shower
Embarrassed by odor
~
Scrap cardboard
Help Me Please
Eyes pleading
Can you spare a dime
Will you spare a dollar
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Looking away
He’s invisible
Just a bum
Remember his knees
He wounds like us
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You pray to God
Recite His passages
Holier than thou
Looking down your nose
You detestable hypocrite
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
too many hypocrites…I once heard a well off man say he wished to walk among the poor people of the world…big man in his church and community…yet he drew a six digit salary, lived in an upscale home and gave but a few cans to charity when the food bank did a food drive…I told him he was a hypocrite…the only way to walk among the poor people of this world is to be one of them…I also told him the poor don’t need pity they need help…to this day he still has this wishing to walk among the poor on his Facebook page yet he donates little in the way of money or canned goods and nothing in the way of time…unfortunately the lesson is most people utter empty words when it comes to empty stomachs…thank you for your vigilance on this issue
You are so welcome. I suppose this issue falls under the old “put your money where your mouth is” (money of course could be cash, time or preferably both) saying. Seeing poverty and ignoring it won’t make it go away no matter how much some people would like it to. If we all pitched in to help those in need I’m certain we could tackle this issue, but much of our society loves to use the phrase, “pick yourself up by your bootstraps”, which is all well and good when you have “bootstraps” to pick yourself up by. For such a wealthy nation, we have so much to learn. Thank you for taking the time to write such a terrific comment, I really appreciate it.
Ah yes I’ve known a good few un Christian Christians
I’ve run into a few myself and I have to say it disgusts me.
Heart wrenching piece. One does not need to look at a picture to see this unfortunate situation in our world – you captured it perfectly.
Thank you Kimberly, it is so widespread, far more so than I ever remember.
Sad. A societal issue. The only thing we ever do now is give to organized reputable charities and buy a meal and give it if its a personal gesture tho. No money to feed addictions.
Great heart wrenching piece Dom.
You are doing something to help. Giving to organized charities is a good way, that is far more than most. So many people love to talk the game, but never do anything about it. Thank for the compliment, you know that I appreciate it. 🙂