I live in this place they call The Keys
So many cries for help, but no one sees
So much poverty so much shame
Women selling their body looking for someone to blame
Our youth running the streets selling dope
They say life is too hard
They weren’t taught how to cope…
Quick to judge… not even giving them a chance
No help offered to change their circumstance
A kind word or a helping hand
Could encourage a growing man
People tend to see what they want to see
Please open your eyes.. This is our community
They want out, but can’t seem to find their way
Cries unheard…..it’s just another day….
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RT (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This poem I wrote as I was looking out my balcony. These are things I had seen on a daily basis.
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Very good write, all it needs is for somebody to hold out a helping hand and the world would be a much better place.
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Thank you 🙂 I agree if we all helped each other out imagine what the would could be 🙂
WELCOME RANITA ~ Thanks for your first poem ~ very elegantly written but with a very sad message. I worked wth the YMCA in the UK (England) and we face the same problems. Drugs ~ Crime ~ Prostitution etc. the problem is there are ARE FEWER & FEWER JOBS and high unemployment ! I work in Technical Education and prepare Young People (17 to 30) for the World of Work. The YMCA Foyer is Residential (16 ~ 25) and we teach them Social & life Skills & IT & teach them to Drive. It is a DRUG free Environment we cater for Male & Female each Room is self contained ~ OK The GIDEONS place BIBLES in the Rooms and all our BOARD & STAFF are Christians. WE have to help YOUNG PEOPLE and not be condemnatory ~ we are PRO LIFE. Thanks for sharng ~ Please check our SITE ~ Angela is my FIANCEE ~ Blessings ~ BRIAN
I have visited FLORIDA KEYS ~ is that where you live or another Region in the USA !
Vaya con Dios ~ BRIAN
You have a important job. Thank you for all you do ! We need more programs like this. Times have changed so much and our youth are getting lost in the mix. Our children are the future.
I live in Illinois.
WOW ILLINOIS ~ Great State to be in ~ I love Chicago ~ Great City and a perfect Waterfront. A friend I was with could not believe it was LAKE and not the Ocean ~ so I made her taste some to prove it was not Salty ! Our biggest Lake in ENGLAND ~ Windermere ~ 13 miles long and a mile wide at its widest ! I had an English Friend in Champagne Urbana whose Husband worked @ the University ~ nice area ! You have to realise that the US is 40 times bigger than the UK (Land Area). As your Population is only 5 times that of the UK each person has 8 times more space and it shows ! Please check our Poems & We will check yours ~ Yours BRIAN 🧡
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