"Welcome Back To Paradise"

Winter

Winter is here again.
To a rich man
in the comfort of his home,
winter is a friend
or merely a change of season.
But to a homeless man
on the streets
winter must surely be an enemy
who was sent
to kill him in his sleep.
The cold and damp
gets worse at night,
while the moon shines bright,
providing
nomads and insomniacs
light.
Who is to blame for his circumstance?
The system,
society
or himself?
Is he as the politician says
a lazy bum
who would rather
live in a slum
and beg for crumbs
instead of getting a job?
Or is he as the economist says
an unfortunate,
uncontrollable
by product of capitalism?
Or is he that
which is ignored by all of us
in our busy
everyday lives,
because he reminds us
that if we don't work ourselves to the bone
 and chase money
we could be in his shoes tomorrow?
Or is he the brother
that instead of helping
we selfishly leave in sorrow
because we are inherently 
egotistical
and self obsessed?
Ahh who cares anyway?
Its time to let my pen
have a rest.

 

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