Just For The Night. IP

It's terrible when so much,
Pain, fear and destruction
Lies along our bruised streets.
So it's wonderful too see people
Helping out each other.
It surely does
Warm a beaten heart.

But then I take a peek
In my sisters paper
And read little Johnny smith,
Had been found abandoned on those
Very streets a week earlier
His mother and father
Couldn't care for him,
Not teenagers like the picture we all
Imagine,but a couple in their early 30's
Once hard workers and home owners,
Now jobless and homeless,
Victims of the recession.

So what makes me really sad,
Is that it takes a mountain,
Full of hurt, for some of us too take,
Notice of the wider decay,
That sleeps beneath the city,
floors waiting to rot the surface,
Worse than before.

Lets just for the night,
Think about others.
Like the neighbor who
Cant walk because of an illness
And needs help with daily chores,
Or the doctors that need more money,
To run an efficient hospital with their
Fantastic, over worked, tired staff.

May be its your brother who has no
Idea how to rid of his addiction.or it
Simple could be a stranger you
Wouldn't normally smile at.
Who ever it is,why don't we,
Think about them for just,
One night, rather than ourselves.
Because without regular Support
For our community,the trilogy of
Damage will continue.

Some people won't want help,
Or will never listen, But show them,
We care, and do not give in,
Because its easy. No, lets start too
Fill the green wheelbarrow of neglect,
Not just with recyclable materials,
But with unconditional help,kindness
And hope.so we can once again build a
Better,safe and happier place.