TRAMPING THE STREETS #4
Critically Acclaimed & Award Winning Poem
Internationally
NEVER CRITICIZE MY LIFE
You
do not know what it is like
Don’t
criticize circle of friends and family
We
are just like you
Humble,
simple
We
love, we hate
We
loathe, we love
We
get jealous, fractious
Yes
fractious of your lives
TRUTH
So
never judge us like you judge us
We
are just like you
On
word comes to mind
FAKE
We
all live it, breathe it
Day
in, day out
Night
and day
Oh
yeah
So
how much can you take it?
You
know our fake, fake lives
We
shuffle through life
We
carry the burdens through life
Never
knowing where to turn
They
turn over and over
Turmoil
turmoiling
We
have had broken hearts
That
has torn us apart!
Has
the same happened to you?
Through
and through
Did
you grow, grow through it?
Make
you stronger for longer
It
did us!
Do
you see us criticize you?
Wear
those hoodies
I
love my hoody
It
is comfy, cozy
It
keeps me warm
Still
criticizing?
Head
bent, eyes hidden
Not
mine!
I
love people watching
Watching,
never judging
Just
watching you all
I
have a giggle and a little snigger
Oh
how I just sit and watch
My
hands holding my face
I
get stunned and shocked
At
the things I see and hear
Too
much for my ears at times
Yes
I shut them off
And
my eyes to
I
never wrote a book on life
Too
complicated
We
come, we go
We
love, we hate
We
berate
I
watch those people tramping the streets
To
their own city beat
Do
we judge?
Do
we nudge?
Do
we stare, do we ignore?
Or
do we feel sorry, pity for them?
Or
just walk past their past
Their
lives, their heartaches
Oh
boy oh boy
That
is heartache, heartbreak
So
guys and gals
Never,
ever
Criticize
any one’s life
©
Teresa Helen Joseph-Nelson
7th
January 2017
All
Rights Reserved
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