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A world close to our own
I walk in to a world close to my own  
 where once crowded streets now  
 lay empty and barren with no sign  
 of growth or prosperity   
 a street buried with filth;  
 carton-made houses  
 decorate the sides walks  
 and  I am a newly born baby  
 only watching  
 feeling helpless  
 as they pass by me  
 old,young,some in wheelchairs   
 others dressed in scraps of clothes  
 ,and of all  different races coming together  
 accepting what little food the church  
 gives them,two rolled up tortillas  
 filled with beans and rice  
 every Sunday  the same food over  
 and over again,my heart shatters as  
 I watch the line piles up growing   
 bigger swallowing me up  
 watching the food shrink up and  
 wondering deep in thought   
 how many how many people go without food  
 this instant ,in every city,state,country   
 and in this whole wide world  
 then my hope rises  
 the world  is not immoral  
 and like my hope that roused up   
 it crashed down  
  breaking  
 shattering  the image  
 I created of  my utopia  
 without poverty,starvation, 
 and all evil deeds that occur everyday  
 alas I cant patch up this vile  world by myself,  
 I  need help  
 strong arms  
 compassionate hearts   
 and many hands to help out in this cause 
 that we  hide it in a black cloak 
 wanting,hoping,prying that all we see is a lie..

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