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Tomorrow is a new day… something to breathe and exhale
Cold air stings my nostrils like a group of bees swarming around
a shaking rose
Polished Mercedes Benzes fill the streets and honk till they disappear
miles from my bare feet
I ache with each step for my soles have been stitched on a weekly basis
Each string is cut by the jagged rocks thrown onto the pavement
As others walk by with their eyes focused on the dance of seagulls
I wince when blood oozes onto the sidewalk
A cat walks over to lick the puddle, assuming it is cranberry juice
Rich people collect their checks to deposit in overflowing accounts
Smiling while the poor ones are pulling their hair out when
the teller delivers stroke-inducing news
Death killed our nation’s holidays to give poor people a scare
Yet with money God has a great sense of humor, though don’t we all?
Kids play their handheld videogame toys for hours on park benches
God! Must they be so detached from reality!?
I kindly extend my hand to them with the wish God will show me mercy
Instead, they push me to the ground and kick my face for disturbing them
Big globs of blood from the milky sky hit the street
As the innocent run in fear the naïve laugh for omens do not exist
When the world has lost its remaining drop of virtue humanity
lost its reason
And I wait till the day the sun arises so I can run into his arms
To be loved and protected is a gift unheard of in today’s world
we strayed from the path of noble character to live in filthy alleys
how our bodies still grow with the same light of Adam and Eve
Puzzles me as the next blow to my face amuses Death
He snickers while trailing my body with his greedy eyes
“A doe lost without her mother” he utters coldly into my chewed ear
Indeed, a helpless creature with broken legs moans and cries till sun falls asleep
By then, only the skeleton remains
