There are some many people experiencing hard times.

Times are getting difficult.

This little bit of change doesn’t go far.

I have to feed my family.

How humiliating picking up this trash.

A man has-to-do what a man has-to-do, when he’s down to his last.

Want Ads! What there is nothing here that remotely matches my skills.

Baby needs a new pair of shoes.

Lord I have to pay these bills.

Struggling, struggling day in and day out.

The economy has to turn around, desperate for a bail out.

This too will pass, it has to go away.

I am rotating these oars, but they are not touching the water.

My health and my families health is good.

The sun will come out tomorrow.

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  • ashan1614 on Oct 6, 2009

    It is a struggle for so many people right now… Praying for a turn-around.

  • willie wondka on Oct 6, 2009

    in the 20th century its supposed to be for the better, yet we are worse off now than during the war, thanks for sharing your story.

  • Cebah on Oct 6, 2009

    Enjoyed your poem. Liked!

  • LoveDoctor on Oct 6, 2009

    I enjoyed your poem. Yes, you basically described our current recession. I like the baby needs new shoes line. very creative.

  • diamondpoet on Oct 7, 2009

    I hope that any one that is having a hard time right now not give up, things will get better. You have to believe.

  • KristenKreashko on Oct 7, 2009

    Life is hard. But I’m a survivor. :) Nice poem.

  • T.L. Sanders on Oct 12, 2009

    Tough times don’t last. Tough people do!

  • T.L. Sanders on Oct 12, 2009

    Tough times dont last. Tough people do!

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