A QUESTION OF COMPASSION

  

Am I delusional to believe in the kindness of man? 
Am I compassionate idiot because I think people should understand?  
Why is it wrong to show humanity? Why is it wrong to care? 
We live in a world of vicious miscreants that only worship despair.  
All I want is a little help, not a simple handout or a free ride.  
All I want is my brother to say, "I am here and you can survive!"
Instead, people slam me as a nothing. I am a bundle of crap.
It seems the rich keep getting richer while the poor stay under attack!
I grow tired of the social punishment; I long to see the best in man.  
I am bewildered and befuddled because it seems no one really understands. 
Maybe I am just an idiot! Maybe compassion and love are dead?
Maybe we are too far gone to care about the hungry mouths not being fed.
It is hard, but I won't lose my faith; I will hold out for a change in man.
One day he will again see me as his brother and lend a hand to help me stand.

© 2014 Eddie Phillips