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Street Heart
Member

since 2002-09-05

Posts 349
Pennsylvania,USA

0 posted 2002-11-25 05:22 PM

Who do we have when there's no one there,
   cut off from any ties,no longer any care?
There's a man down in the subway
   trying to sleep amidst the noise,
and the crowds and all the filth,
   waiting for the time he dies.
This coming Christmas will not bring
   all he once knew,no,not a thing.
What happens when not even hope for him exists?
   Who was in his past,I wonder.
Who stood by him to share the thunder in his life...
   'til they moved on?
Perhaps his loved one died.
But what is worse,and not just I believe;
   to give your Heart,then be deceived,
   to find that you're not worth what you perceived,
   webs of belief you once had weaved...

   ...are dusted away when there's no one there.

Geoffrey Sonnen

Autumn,2000

Please remember the homeless in your prayers this
Thanksgiving season... http://www.readio.com/business/about.html

If a man has not discovered something he is willing to die for,his life is not worth living.

Martin Luther King,Jr. Detroit,1963

aries_luv_ppl
Senior Member

since 2001-09-20

Posts 1448
Universal Mind

1 posted 2002-11-25 05:29 PM

ya, we need to keep homeless people in our prayer. Good write!

Eliza Simmons
~Sometimes when I look back at what I wrote, I don't recognize the 'Me' in the past anymore.

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

2 posted 2002-11-26 12:01 PM

Geoff: Such a sad picture and unfortunately it can be seen on many streets in larger cities. I am a frequent library user and since cold weather has arrived, I notice the library reading room is filled with homeless men. I'm always grateful to the librarians and the city, for letting them stay in where it's warm all day. I worry about where they go at night!

Betty Lou Hebert

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2002-11-26 10:06 AM

StreetHeart~

'Who was in his past,I wonder.
Who stood by him to share the thunder in his life...
'til they moved on?'

Such a poignant thought .... and many times, I've asked, to find that their stories of remember are filled with heartbreak and heartache~

Thank you for sharing this~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2002-11-26 12:13 PM

Heart hugs to you, for sharing this tender compassionate view.
I really believe you should publish a book of poems and photos, 'Slices of Life',
or maybe call it 'Thanksgiving Should Be Everyday' or something like that.

for an excellent write from your heart.

midnightblues
Senior Member

since 2000-07-01

Posts 1597
Singapore

5 posted 2002-11-26 12:42 PM

Ah yes I do agree that compassion makes us more sensitive and gives us special touches to our writing......

Well done, this piece beckons to my compassion within...

Love
Michelle

If there cannot be equal in affection, then let the one with more be me - midnightblues™

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2004-09-14 01:43 PM

we all need this again

PatAngel
Member

since 2004-04-05

Posts 451
California

7 posted 2004-11-04 01:25 AM

Street Heart,

I was very deeply touched by your poem. You write with such incredible feeling.

Patricia

'When you find a dream within your heart, don't ever let it go.
For dreams are the tiny seeds from which tomorrow grows.'

myheart
Member

since 2004-11-05

Posts 160
lost in your eyes

8 posted 2004-11-06 09:17 AM

bless you for this more than moving piece.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

9 posted 2004-11-06 02:22 PM

I am so glad to see this one come up again~
A blessing in this find~

Geoffrey ... hope you are well, my friend~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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froggy
Senior Member

since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

10 posted 2004-11-06 03:37 PM

Wonderful read.

:-)

BloomingRose
Member Elite

since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

11 posted 2004-11-08 08:50 AM

Thanks for the reminder that we need to be thankful when we are blessed, but also to think of others that might not so fortunate.
My heart also grieves for people that have no one or nothing they can call their own.

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

12 posted 2004-11-08 02:52 PM

I see someone brought this back at this most appropriate season. We should pray but we should also act. Joyce

Broken_Winged_Angel
Senior Member

since 2000-04-06

Posts 994
Small Town, Somewhere

13 posted 2004-11-15 08:57 AM

Man... ya'll are out to open the flood gates on me today :p

Very, very wonderful poem. Not the subject (which is sad of course) but the way you layed it out there. Thank you for reminding all of us to count our blessings.

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