Day in and day out inflicted in poverty

scattering for crumbs to survive

hope is lost in the struggle

life is not worth living

happiness does not exist

day in and day out

sick with no health care

homeless like stray dogs

the poor will always be with you

and compassion of the rich is measured

by how they treat the least of the least

greed, the love of money and self-love rules

and the poor are tossed aside into the

gutter of homelessness

it is more blessed to give than to receive

are words lost in the chaos of selfishness

day in and day out

poverty festers

and the rich live in luxury

equality is the act of sharing and greed is the

wall that separates

Jesus taught us to do unto the least of them

and it would be also doing it unto him

bread crumbs tossed with seeds of

resentment

is not what Jesus meant

those who hoard the bounty and ignore

the poor

will be judged for their works

they will profess, “Lord, Lord, we have done

good works”

and Jesus will say to them

“I never knew you: depart from me

ye that work iniquity”

day in and day out

poverty continues