If you haven’t personally seen them on the streets, consider yourself lucky.
Because to see one of these is truly heartbreaking.
Day 4 of 2013 November PAD challenge.
One Good Piece of Sheet
That’s all I ask
Wide enough
To lay on the cold ground
And wrap around
My front and back
Long enough
To pull up over my head
Without exposing my feet
To the freezing night’s air
Thick enough
To withstand a deluge
And keep the chills
Off my skin
Strong enough
To use until
The good earth becomes
My one good piece of sheet
At last…
Poetic Ponderings 
This makes me sad. Combined with the picture it packs a powerful punch. How I wish I could help ALL the children…
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It’s a shared wish. Makes it even sadder now that Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming….
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such a sin that any child should have such a life. woe unto them that make it so.
powerfully done my friend.
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Thank you. It’s a little thing I do to make people aware. And yes, I can’t find any compassion at all for those who make children suffer so….
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