The Challenge: use 'in the land of a thousand guilts'

[mab]

Homeless

How did I come to be here;
here in the land of a thousand guilts?
I see you on the street
and walk on by.

What do I have to give?
What do we all have to say?
We feel the pull of your pleading eyes
and ashamed, we walk on by.

I never even knew your name.
When you spoke to me, I couldn't hear your voice,
for I am living in the land of a thousand guilts
and despite the pull, I walk on by.

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Comments

[exsrl920.livejournal.com]

cold truth of the separation of classes. when the heart meets division.

[mab.livejournal.com]

thank you for commenting. It is hard to witness though...even within myself.

~Mab

[hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com]

This was so powerful and it hit home. I was sobbing. With us fighting eviction (were a month behind in our rent) I saw me and Tanya in this poem not as the passer by but as one of the homless faceless forgotten

[mab.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear about your troubles. I'll be thinking warm fuzzies for you. But you'll never be a forgotten face. Too many people love you, and as long as you have each other, you and Tanya will never be alone. :)

~Mab

[hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com]

*clings to you* Thank you for your kind words and encouragement.

Love you Sis.