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Can I Tell You

December 21, 2010
By Celia PLATINUM, London, Other
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Celia PLATINUM, London, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure it's worth watching" - Unknown

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Can I tell you
What it feels like to be out in the cold?
Hearing no one
But the whisper of wind.
Can I tell you how many holes
Have been ripped in this blanket?
Like society
Ripped me from its web
Can I tell you how it pains
To see advertisements
A life of others
But not yours?
It's luck, they say.
But they can't sell luck
No one can tell me how it feels
Except a bowl of
Warm tomato soup

© Tanya T., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
This article is not meant to cause offense in any way. It is supposed to raise the awareness of homeless people. I tried to put myself in their shoes for a moment.
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