LITTLE GIRL SITTING ON THE CURB,
HER MOTHER IS STANDING THERE WITH HER,
SHE IS LOOKING REAL BAD.
LIKE SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH A WAR.
A YOUNG BROTHER CAME THROUGH,
AND HE KNEW ‘CAUSE HE HAD SEEN THE SCARS AND SOARS BEFORE.
SILENTLY HE EXPRESSED HE CARED.
PAINFULLY, SHE ASKED FOR FOOD FOR HER DAUGHTER.
THE YOUNG BROTHER COULD NOT TURN HER DOWN.
AND THE LITTLE GIRL’S FROWN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
THE YOUNG BROTHER WANTED TO DO MORE.
BUT HIS LOT IN LIFE WAS JUST A FEW STEPS ABOVE THE POOR.
SAD, I KNOW BUT SO TRUE.

IT WAS ME OR MAYBE IT WAS YOU