Whose Life Is This? What Life Is This?

“Whose Life Is This? What Life Is This?” is a poignant meditation on the harsh realities of poverty, unemployment, and lost dreams. Through vivid imagery and a tone of quiet despair, the poem traces a

In childhood, shadows of want,
In youth, no work �" no job in hand.
Love, in a home of need,
Slips out the window, silent and unseen,
Leaving behind a hope wrapped in smoke.

From birth until the final breath,
A mind weighed down by thoughts of shelter,
A belly counting meals,
A weary heart chasing work �"
And losing daily to the clock of time.

Whose life is this?
What life is this?

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

you really capture the harsh realities of the underclass, the poverty, the struggles, the hope, which may never be realized…. you touch on the most sensitive elements of this sorrowful life… and you craft it so well
thank you for sharing this heartfelt piece
Warmly,B🌷🌷🌷