December 4, 2010

Lend Free (Part 2/4)!

Walk with me.
Talk with me.
This might hit    just a bit  
Hard for me
But lets open our stone cold eyes and see
This type of "remember me".
He.
Has five children and the heart of a father.
Wanting to be anything but a failure
He works not only nine to five
But five to ten and third job at the end
Because HE
…. wants to feed his children.
So while they may
Live in a big
House
Or wear nice looking
Clothes.
Those luxuries were from a long time ago.
And They  
     are barely  making it.
House in foreclosure
And    dad   just   lost   his ...
Not keys
Not mind, no.
Dad just lost his...
 jobs.
Did you catch it?
That's plural.
Not one
But two
Then three
The process of elimination began ever so slowly.
NOT because he didn't work
HARD enough.
NOT because he was not
EDUCATED enough.
NOT because he didn't
WANT IT enough.
But because Somehow
 in the three
There just wasn't enough
 Job security
To get them through next week.
And this father's heart
Sinks to the bottom of his stomach.
Cause his kids stomachs
         Say Hungry.
They've got no signs...
but he thinks that's what they'd read...
"Hungry"
Thinking they'll say "he's failed me".
And there's nothing he can do.
Poverty.

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