Your large eyes
wide open like saucers
empty hands
longing to be held
one look into the world
you can feel it
Hunger
a gasp
needing to be expelled
*
Have your lips
tasted more than sawdust?
Has your heart been over filled
with warmth?
Do you circle life
in desperation
ever seeking shelter from
*
Raise you head
never stop your seeking
don’t give way
to darkness and despair
there’s a sunrise, golden
that is peaking
over hope’s horizon
where you’ll be held and fed
I’m trying to address homelessness from many angles. This poem looks straight into the eyes of those who have so little. There is much a person can endure with hope. Without hope however even the best of situations can readily disintegrate.
penned in moon dust 
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