Cruel Contrast

She Will Not Be Quiet: A (mostly unedited) daily writing practice

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Jotting from my Journal. Day #189 of (mostly unedited) daily writing/sharing

Cruel Contrast

The young shoeless woman is in fetal position 
in the middle of the parking lot. As I get close,
she screams obscenities and runs away 
before I can ask if there is something
I can do to help. Me, with my car full 
of groceries, belly full of lunch, life full 
of people who love me. A tiny clip 
of cruel contrast in a world
that so often forgets and forgets 
how to take care of ourselves, 
each other. I keep thinking
about her, about the too many 
who have too little, while some overflow 
with too much. I don't know how
to help. I don't know how to end
this poem that is not really a poem 
but a prayer, an urgent plea for a world 
where everyone has enough.

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