Bernard Barclay Poet Narrative

Just Imagine

Imagine your self 
stuck in the situation
your husband a wife beater
three children no money

how do you escape 
how do you make a life 
for yourself your children
your future, you have a right

Too be safe
to be strong 
to be free
nobody has the right

to own you 
to attack you 
to hurt you
you have a right to freedom

lifeline could
talk to people 
find people 
that are willing 

to provide emergency accommodation
families investing could provide jobs
ten dollars per week fifty two thousand per year
investing year after year creating wealth

Employment provides the income
to feed your children
with money in your pocket
you can find a place to rent

from the foundation of your home
you can improve your education
beginning the climb 
to a better future.

Cousin Jonny has lost his job
his family depend on his income
but because his family 
invested in creating companies

He has other opportunities
available he has other avenues to walk.
you meet a man on the street 
angry hitting his car

you stop and spent 
five minutes listening
broken hearted he tells you
the factory he works at shut down

redundant now his car has died
leaving him stranded and angry
sometimes anger is an expression
of frustration, a different form of tears

Because your family invested 
you can give him a job
his car towed to a garage can be fixed
and with money he can pay the bill 

people don't need charity
they need a future 
even the job of a cleaner
provides to money to improve your education

Success comes on the back of hard work and effort
to climb above the problems of poverty
to climb above the streets of homelessness
does not require charity

the road to better futures, comes with employment
granted if you have a drug or alcohol problem
perhaps you can't hold down a job
some problems you have to fix yourself

the first problem you have to beat
is your addiction but remember, what you do in life 
is also the behaviour, you teach your children,
the success of your life, depends on your decisions.

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