Conversations with Shehe

PoetryPoem.com
  mythica
Login
Email Poem | Today's Poetry

 Hunger
She was thin with
Hunger,
And smoked
Instead of ate,
Because food would
Only be from
McDonald's Dollar
Menu
And cigs could do more
Stave off hunger
Stave off nerves
Feel good
And crappy food
Would leave
One more
Empty.

She haunts me
Because she was
Genuinely embarrassed
Mortified to ask for money.
She was going to sleep
In her car tonight
Day labor in the morning
And her little dog
Looked up
With deep black
Eyes and I wondered
Where his next meal
Would come from too.

My guilt haunts me
Because I had $5
In my pocket
And didn't give it
To her because
I needed it for
Two iced teas.

She lit up
After my empathetic friend
Handed her a Five
And two other friends
Were disgusted
And offended by her plea.

Her spirit was broken
And as I watched her walk away
I knew the only difference
Between us
Was that I had friends.


  Poetry Ad-Free Upgrades  

Vote for this poem

Please Comment On This Poem

Comments

 Email Address

 

Vote for this poem


monique Message from Monique - Free videos for your poetry. Check them out Go to Poetry Poem youtube channel and get the embed  
YouTube
dreamweaver POETRY BY KRIS ~ DREAMWEAVER - ~WELCOME TO DREAMLAND~ Read my Poems to Know me. I am in my poems.  
dreamweaver
poet5170 Poetry by Elsie - *WELCOME TO MY WORLD* ~ Read my poems full of fact, fiction and fantasy.  
poet5170
malibupoetess Life Lines by Malibu Poetess - Straight forward prose and poetry on life, love, joy and disillusionment.  
malibupoetess
norrie5 Message in poetry - personalised poetry, red heartshaped bottle extra special gift for a loved one  
norrie5
waterdragon Our Next Poet Laureate! YAYA! - Remarkable contemporary poetry by award-winning author of Out of Cullen Street (A House of Madness)  
waterdragon
athanase Poetry by athanase - Feedback and critique requested.  
athanase
mythica

  Sign Guestbook
  Read Guestbook






 Privacy | Terms | © 2000-2022 +++ Individual Authors of the Poetry. All rights reserved by authors