On The Streets Of Poverty

• Bill Nguyen, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2009

I hear cries on the street,
While others greedily eat,
People desperately needing food,
And are getting physically abused,
Children as skinny as stick,
People getting overbearingly sick,
Parents suffering from depression,
Having to sit down and take in all of this aggression.
Children stealing from market stalls,
Mothers can not take this anymore,
Equality doesn't exist in their universe,
All wishing that it all doesn't get worse.
Families exhausted and constantly walking,
The children frequently try to balk,
Everyone moans and hassles,
In search of their diamond castle...