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dedicated to the homeless:

People sleeping in rail cars People sleeping in chairs Anyone who is not anyone is splitting their hairs Every one of them Are in my prayers Sleeping in cars sleeping on floors Breaking some heads and kicking down doors People in uniforms Are not uniformed If they don’t care then what are they all here for? People in pain can’t sleep People in pain just stare Every one of them Are in my prayers We have seen this all before We know Thiers going to be more Masters building their empires building their wars Counting their virgins And beating their whores The howling dogs of war, I will pray for An old man is too old for fighting And fighting is getting old And to many people outside getting sick getting cold And soon becomes the misery As souls inside disappear Those who have become so empty Are in my prayers, The Trump card has been called, calling for sessions calling for creeds sucking down moonshine out stepping on weeds the powerful are happy their getting their way crushing the poor Whose needs are taking away that is the reason we all must pray

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 11/5/2015 12:53:00 AM

so much sadness, prayers i will send along with you ... bless your heart

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 11/27/2015 7:07:00 AM

thanks linda I am almost back from the hell I have been through :) hope to be on more soon

Edlynn Nau

Date: 10/19/2015 12:01:00 AM

This made me so sad except that I know you are praying along with all of us. So well done. Love the choice of words on your pallet. Love how you evoked emotion. Good write and good read! E. Nau

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 11/27/2015 7:09:00 AM

thank you Edlynn sorry for the late reply but I have been upside down myself a while

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser

Date: 9/6/2015 2:22:00 AM

Uplifting and really beautiful.. love the heart of this poem very sensitive, compassionate and kind.. ~Olive Eloisa

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 11/27/2015 7:10:00 AM

I was just homeless myself and when I was trying to find housing and saw all the misery of others out there in the cold I caught this one thank you for reading

James Horn

Date: 8/29/2015 12:25:00 PM

Hallelujah and Praise the Lord, Cynthia this is to welcome you aboard. Think we have already conversed. Thanks for tolerating me. Just received an email from Poetry Soup about new members Jim Horn

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 9/3/2015 5:08:00 AM

I thought it was you tolerating me :) thank you

Probir Gupta

Date: 8/18/2015 7:24:00 AM

A lovely poem. The sharp sensitivity is beautiful. A lesson to learn to include the existential pains into one's prayer.

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/20/2015 5:51:00 AM

thank you Probir praying is important :)

Dave Timperley

Date: 8/16/2015 6:00:00 AM

Hi Cynthia, Just thinking about your poem, got me to thinking about my past. I've worked in Drug Rehab, been on active service in the army and now work as a volunteer at our Hospice. I've seen so many terrible faces of the lost and lonely. I thank God for His Strength. Once again, a lovely poem. God Bless. D.

Dave Timperley
Date: 11/27/2015 7:55:00 AM

We are all special love, every one of us should care for each other, we would in a perfect world. Sadly our world is far from perfect so just keep on praying. Remember PUSH [Pray Until Something Happens] God Bless. D.

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 11/27/2015 7:12:00 AM

thank you dave, you are special to be doing hospice I was looking for housing myself and saw the lines of misery out there and had to write for them all

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 2:57:00 PM

that is how I think I got that one, I was visiting transitional offices and seeing all the homeless people just looking so sad and worried as I am in transition myself I knew how a lot of them felt hospice is hard work you are a special person,

Janet Runyan

Date: 8/15/2015 9:24:00 PM

This is really great and heart felt. I feel it and love it. It seems just the way the world is headed. 7 for this for sure

Janet Runyan
Date: 8/16/2015 2:02:00 PM

Exactly. I wish it never got even this far

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 5:30:00 AM

it sure is and it can be solved so easily,

Jack Nganga

Date: 8/14/2015 6:03:00 AM

not bad, i like "masters bulding thier empire bulding thier war"

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 5:34:00 AM

thank you sorry for the late reply I am in transition myself and saw some of the misery out there while in the city of boston it is a sad situation,

Jaey Peele

Date: 8/14/2015 2:08:00 AM

People in uniforms are not uninformed, blue bleeds red like me, is it all only for green? Excellent, brave writing, thank you for sharing.

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/14/2015 3:18:00 AM

oops I think I spelled that wrong should be ununiformed , I am trying to find a word they are here but run around with no real leadership, thanks for liking

Yolanda Scott

Date: 8/13/2015 5:55:00 PM

Nice write Cynthia!!

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 5:35:00 AM

thank you Yolanda I appreciate you taking the time to read what I had written

Michael Ellis

Date: 8/13/2015 1:24:00 PM

A perfect poem filled with tons of heart and pounds of purpose..And on yes So much truth

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 5:42:00 AM

you can see the emptiness in some peoples eyes who have been rejected all their lives just for being born poor and their are those who get p and dance and sing for the crowd life is full of purpose :)

Kelli White

Date: 8/13/2015 12:57:00 PM

Pray it forward. Amen

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 5:43:00 AM

you say that well :) thank you for stopping by

Dave Timperley

Date: 8/13/2015 11:50:00 AM

Folk are always in my prayers, some on the prayer chain, some not, but all are prayed for. In a way the prayers are for myself, giving thanks to God that I am doing fine, made clear to me when I pray for others. Nice write. God Bless. D.

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 5:45:00 AM

I pray always I am deeply troubled for the world and the innocent people caught up in the greed and hate for being different, may as well stay in touch with god so your not like strangers when you finally meet

Jack Ellison

Date: 8/13/2015 11:29:00 AM

Thanks for reminding us how lucky we are, dear Cynthia! Congratulations on being featured! Love, Jack xxx

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 5:47:00 AM

no matter how hard my day is and I feel my life is unfair I see others so much worse off that I feel lucky I am not that bad after all and take my trials with a knowing I am learning from this life

Robert Lindley

Date: 8/13/2015 10:19:00 AM

In my prayers too! We all should pray more and thank God more for our blessings. Great poem. A7

Cynthia Ferguson
Date: 8/16/2015 5:49:00 AM

yes and we all need to do our good works it is not ever not worth stopping to help someone stuck in a hole climb out :)