Poverty

Who am I?

 

i am dirt

crushed

beneath so many shoes

too many to count

 

Who am I?

 

i am the hungry

stomachs try to devour me

alive

dead

 

Who am I?

 

i am the scream

of the hopeless

no one

listens

 

Who am I?

 

my name

is lost

and found

in despair