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Face of Despair

< He always sits at the same corner with a cardboard sign" Hungry, please help". He won't quite meet my eyes, but despair is written in the lines around his mouth, in his beaten posture, and in his matted hair. I hand him his lunch and see tears swimming in his eyes. He knows, and I know, that this is a temporary fix- tomorrow he will be hungry again.

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Shadow Hamilton

Date: 5/16/2014 6:41:00 AM

Barbara great pen poor guy though to be so down on his luck congrats on win hugs

Skat A

Date: 5/15/2014 10:16:00 AM

Barbara, nice nice...SKAT

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 5/15/2014 9:04:00 AM

Touching Barbara ! A sad write so true,, I too hv seen such tears myself ! Congrats on fine win !

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 5/15/2014 6:12:00 AM

Congratulations on the well deserved win in the contest, Barbara

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/15/2014 12:52:00 AM

BARBARA. Congratulations, thank you for supporting my any poem contest # 30... Take, and enjoy your day/night... LUV ~LINDA~

Jesus Tello

Date: 5/2/2014 10:49:00 AM

A great poem, very emotional, revealig that even if u feel like u have done an excellent deed, t isn't enough, it never will be enougth...

Barbara Gorelick
Date: 5/2/2014 10:52:00 AM

Thank you Jose, for some reason this didn't strike a cord in the contest. Appreciate you stopping by. I'll check you out. BG

Faye Gibson

Date: 5/1/2014 6:06:00 PM

Very good poem on a problem with no easy answers.

Jan Allison

Date: 5/1/2014 12:26:00 PM

I am in Dublin at the moment and amazed by the number of homeless people and beggers around - makes you appreciate what you have - better to give food rather than money which can be spent on other things. hugs jan x

Deborah Shiells

Date: 5/1/2014 10:50:00 AM

Hi Barbara, How touching this was to me. It shot through my heart and soul and you my friend said it so well, with so much honesty and kindness. Thank you very much for this touching and true write. Peace, Deborah

Vincent Flannery

Date: 4/30/2014 7:48:00 PM

So sad but so true Barbara, more than ever today. Many can not see such pain and hurt. My poem was poetic license but pray for all those who have suffered through loss. Take care.