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The Invisible Ones
The invisible ones are out there;
However, we seldom see them.
If circumstances were different,
We could always be them.
Sometimes on the sidewalk
They might amble by,
Asking for spare change.
Do we even reply?
Many are a statistic
That we hear on the news--
Facing a situation
That none of us would choose.
Under- or unemployed,
They're often homeless, as well.
Sometimes complete families
Are living a daily hell.
How many children are hungry?
Would we rather not know?
How many people's lives
Are a REAL "Survivor" show?
How many children lack health care
Or are abused and mistreated?
How many children's hopes
Are miserably defeated?
"They are just being lazy,"
Say many critics with ardor,
Not recognizing
Situations that couldn't be harder.
"If I can do it, they can!"
Say people with cold disdain
And a callous lack of compassion
For those living in pain--
Who forget that we don't all live
In a land of milk and honey,
And whose biggest problem
Is where to invest their money.
Policies make a difference.
Some laws--granted--are flawed;
But there are many needy
And they don't all commit fraud.
The invisible ones are out there.
To THAT fact we MUST not be BLIND.
Let's not apply the saying:
OUT of SIGHT, out of MIND.
(7-28-14)
However, we seldom see them.
If circumstances were different,
We could always be them.
Sometimes on the sidewalk
They might amble by,
Asking for spare change.
Do we even reply?
Many are a statistic
That we hear on the news--
Facing a situation
That none of us would choose.
Under- or unemployed,
They're often homeless, as well.
Sometimes complete families
Are living a daily hell.
How many children are hungry?
Would we rather not know?
How many people's lives
Are a REAL "Survivor" show?
How many children lack health care
Or are abused and mistreated?
How many children's hopes
Are miserably defeated?
"They are just being lazy,"
Say many critics with ardor,
Not recognizing
Situations that couldn't be harder.
"If I can do it, they can!"
Say people with cold disdain
And a callous lack of compassion
For those living in pain--
Who forget that we don't all live
In a land of milk and honey,
And whose biggest problem
Is where to invest their money.
Policies make a difference.
Some laws--granted--are flawed;
But there are many needy
And they don't all commit fraud.
The invisible ones are out there.
To THAT fact we MUST not be BLIND.
Let's not apply the saying:
OUT of SIGHT, out of MIND.
(7-28-14)
