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Desperate Cry For Help

Desperate Cry for Help New cars, New houses, New Clothes Spending tons of money with the bros Living life like a show Living the life of luxury Thinking all about the money But what’s funny is that we never ask Why some of us were born rich in the USA While others were born in impoverished countries like Zimbabwe Where many people there struggle to earn $2 a day While we care about the appearance of our hair People all around the world struggle to keep their bodies from being bare On vacations and weekends we always complain about where to go While people are in deserts digging for fresh H2O Some of us struggle to reach fame and obtain power While it’s been years since someone had a fresh shower While we go get pedicures to make our feat nice and neat There are people killing each other just to eat These people didn’t ask to be born in those conditions And neither did we Was it a chance? Did we get lucky? No It’s our duty to stop being greedy And to help the needy To give impoverished people the same opportunity To live a life of comfort and unity To put clothes on others backs And help them with all the areas they lack Everyone is created equal But our living conditions are not Everyone deserves all the pleasures, luxuries, and opportunities that we’ve got I hope that now you can see That billions of people don’t have even the bare necessities of life, a home or place to live So it’s up to us to widen our scope, take our blinders off and give

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 6/5/2016 9:15:00 PM
NICE TO SEE THIS ONE AGAIN....SKAT---/
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Date: 3/20/2015 12:44:00 PM
Wesley, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 3/14/2015 7:21:00 PM
Wesley, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 3/12/2015 3:25:00 PM
a powerful write - something for us all to think about - together we can make a difference:-) Hugs Jan xx
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Date: 3/12/2015 2:24:00 PM
I think about this issue a lot. Writing poetry is a good way to remove people's blinders. Very nice.
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Date: 3/12/2015 1:51:00 PM
A powerful message, Wesley. We should all be concerned about the welfare of others. Love, Kim
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