Lying in a big city alley,
cardboard box my home
Forgotten, stomach empty,
hypothermia, sleepy
will I make it till morning?
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Thirty one below overnight here where I live. Who can't that gives a moment of time think about our street people and hope none lost their life sleeping in cardboard, sleeping bags overnight? Mercy and compassion overcomes me.....
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One has to wonder how these people can survive, and who will not make it till morning. Yet, many chose to live like this and there is nothing one can do to change their minds.
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May God have mercy. I get so sick when I see a homeless child of God out in the cold or heat. This is a great write and society should heed the cry.
Kelli
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We've got similar temps here this weekend, and I've been sitting curled up in a blanket since it started, in an already warm house.
This really makes one stop to think about how lucky we are...
An extremely touching write in so few words, well done sis!
Love and
s
~J.
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another of your compassionate masterpieces my dear friend! I believe if you had in your power to do so..you would save the whole world!!!
Love
Mary
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nice
I remember living in San Francisco and seeing all the homeless in the cold barely clothed it was so depressing i really like your write i wish it were longer though
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