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Wish i was born on the house of multi-millionaire, OR wish i had multi million on my bank account, OR wish i had some god gift talents on singing, dancing ,...
You'll always want that little bit more. Penny pinching from the secret knicker top draw. An eighth or a gram to settle an old score. Dealer lends you a syringe he found on a mutual friends floor.
Mummy says, it's ok that your friends laugh at you; Mummy says, it's fine that what your friends have we can't afford; Mummy says, other people won't understand that we have to work our asses off...
The young man stands on the edge of his porch, The days were short and the father was gone, There was no one in the town and no one in the field, This dusty barren land had given all it could yield.
A chaotic street with hustling crowd, Seemed empty when I saw him.. A boy of three covered in a shroud, With pale skin and eyes so dim.. Tired and hungry he was at last, As he sat on the gravel road..
I'm cold and I'm hungry I'm all alone I can't find my mother Neither of us own a phone There's no water for miles I'm feeling weak at the bones I have no energy to fight I'm dying out here, someday...
I awoke to a cramp in my back and tried to straighten my rumpled clothing.
Once there lived a man, a very poor one at that, making money by only begging and theft.
The sun shines bright. But my way is clouded. There's so much love. All of it avoids my heart. Arrows fly and hit their target. My heart can't leak tears anymore. There's so much pain.
"But, I mean, ahem, Sir, I was just, erm, wondering if, well, I could have a little more?" Charlie Aswin was a short tuft of a boy.
#movement. In debris you wallow. It's too hard to swallow. This time you've borrowed. From someone's tomorrow. You're selfish you're greedy. Steal from the needy. Trash your own place.
17,000 murdered bodies per annum laid to rest A gangland lord rules the prison wing to the west His bodyguard prisoners armed incase a madman forgets Money buys your sanity and health so place your...
#household We've staked this humble home of ours, out here among the stars Where dreams do fade with waning light, and stings like salt upon old scars.
"I don't see all the pollution and negativity in the world So why should I care about someone else's boy or girl.
Street Urchin Shuffle The street Is all he knows The cold, familiar pavement The stench Is all he knows, Sewage and smog from the factories He's learned to live By a set of rules A code to...
As the faces stare back. Eyes drown me with sorrow. Tears down their faces. Hoping for a better tomorrow. I complain about new clothes. When they have none on their backs.
Living lively in the gutter Track suits, placcy bags, Lives full of clutter, Of daytime TV, Fake-gold jewellery, Teenage Mothers, Cig in one hand, Baby in the other, Of drinking, drinking,...
I have a family, Two kids and a husband. Still in debt from the marriage, A few hundred thousand I think...
Many lives know what it is to need. Many mouths are plagued by flies but never feed. Barren lands where sorrows grow. Pain and suffering the life they know. But even so, a mother still smiled.
#step #nightdwellers He stepped up to the gallows Just before the noose pulled tight And the hood upon his head Blocked out all the light A million random thoughts Electrified his brain If he had...
Chapter 3 Beacon Boy "Deacon!" The head gardener was calling Deacon. He was sitting in the hollow trunk of the great oak tree, the tree the castle was named after.
Hi, my name is Mary and I'm a single mother raising a little boy named Gage. He is 24 months old. We are very poor and have little money.
Things in life are really tough. You start to feel you've had enough. You feel yourself start to cry. Never stopping to ask why. Money worries. Bills to pay. You want it all to go away.
#household I find my home out on the street. All sorts of people that I meet, I find my home amongst the trash... Teabags, apple cores, all in my stash, I keep it down, it's quite a feat.