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what we want, what they need

May 21, 2015
By javier425 BRONZE, Lorain, Ohio
javier425 BRONZE, Lorain, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
live life to the fullest


       
we as people  wake up, eat breakfast go to work and school
then ponder and wait to get home to return to our material goods
man how we love technology
it's like materials are such a desirable necessity
that we just want more and more of it
most of the time we don't even need half of what goes into our shopping carts
its not only technology we want
its food, money, clothes
basically anything
exspecially food
the thing we look for everyday, and every night
and when u think you had enough
it's only the beginning
we just want more
we want, clothes
we want, money
we want, a nice clean bottle of water
we want, a hot plate of food to devourer
we want, everything we can think of
but one thing we do not want for the most part is an education
but what we really need is to think of the others in our population
the others, that don't have what we want
the others , who want what they need
the ones, who stomachs tremble like a stampede
the people, whose mouths thirst like one does on a hot summer day
we see. the homeless on the street, with a face so sad it could make the strongest man sigh
we can hear, their whispers in the wind, the whisper of there cry  
they wake up and say i need breakfast, instead of i want breakfast
some can't even go to school or work
and here we are in America hating the sound of work or school
these people need education
need, food
need ,water
need, clothes
need, money
and here we are complaining about what we want
but not caring about what others need 
we as people need to think of each other more
because in the long run
we all go to one of two places
heaven or hell 


The author's comments:

this is one of my first poems 


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