Frank Guglietta Poet Free verse

Hold Onto Your Light

Good laughs 
here 
good thoughts 
the sun 
illuminated my face 
warming my 
every pore 

A dump after
work,
that was relaxing 
and fulfilling 

yesterday, 
I saw a mother 
and two boys,

each wearing 
a pair of 
plastic gloves.
Searching through sun
burned garbage for
cans.
It was their Sunday 

I throw out my cans,
I feel half hearted 
for some reason 
I want more for them,
carrying all dark
maybe no light 

the family who digs 
on a sunday,
boys no more than 
ten 

I wish they prosper 
with age,
prosper with 
pride and
not hate 


I gave a dollar 
to a homeless man
with seven teeth.
He was a real
person 
we held a real
conversation 

why did I not 
stop my bike for 
the digging family?

I was too struck 

with thought, 
I didn't want 
to embarrass 
in front of
others

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