Broken Now, Now
All the broken people
I see them always when I go downtown
begging for money or sleeping in a doorway
I really want to help
and although I have not much I give
and wonder about them
like what brought them to the bottom of the pit
these lost and dirty beggars are a mother's child
once a sweet baby
I stop and talk a few moments perhaps
they are always thankful and say God Bless
I am one of the broken people
I am a broken inside people
just another damaged people
the looks normal on the outside sorta people
I am a keep away and build a wall people
just another broken people
I volunteer
at the local food bank
and all sorts of people come for food
young families with many kids
single moms and the elderly
the unemployed, the unemployable, disabled
the homeless ones are too many
the fallen in the cracks people
we give them lunch and food to take away
they are broken people
it breaks my heart to see the young people
I ask what are you collecting for
food is what they always say
so I buy them a sub, burger, or pizza
a coffee or cold drink
and I talk with them for a bit
each has a story if you care to listen
each has hope
I asked a boy, why not go home
miss, he said, it is better on the street
and that broke my heart
I am one of the broken people
I am a broken inside people
just another damaged people
the looks normal on the outside sorta people
I am a keep away and build a wall people
just another broken people
I see the elderly struggling with canes and walkers
trying to get their groceries home
it is really a shame they have no one to help
no child or friend in their world
I do help an elderly lady in my building
taking her shopping but it is not much
it is just one broken people
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June 2, 2018
Poetry/Free Verse/broken now, now
Copyright Protected, ID 18-1027966
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Submitted into the contest, Best Free Verse April 1 - July 15, 2018
Sponsor, John Hamilton
Fourth Place
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Written for the contest, People
sponsor, Richard Lamoureux
Third Place
Inspiration- Broken People by Richard Lamoureux
Broken People by Rags'in'Bone Man, Video
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