can you see them

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 16:54 -- bree226

Location

11434
United States
40° 40' 52.3812" N, 73° 46' 37.9308" W

can you see them
the ones that stand outside of a supermarket begging for money
can you see them
the ones lying in a park bench in the cold at night.
can you see them
the ones that you think smell but don't realize that they don't have a shower or a place to wash at.
can you see them
the ones crying at night because they don't have a place to call home.
the ones that so often go unnoticed
the ones that only have the clothes on their back to call theirs.
we so often ignore the ones that don't have a roof over their heads but cry when we don't have the newest pair of jeans.
can you see them
the homeless mother, father, daughter, uncle, sister, brother,son, uncle
can you them
the look in their eyes when they go another night hungry
can you see them
the mother with her child laying on the ground at night.

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