Maybe four years old
Pretty pink pyjamas
Dirty and torn
Wisdom of age
Beyond young years
Etched on your sad face
Feet cut & bleeding
Have they ever
seen shoes?
Hair matted
Twigs for adornment
Baubles of the earth
Blue plastic mug
Held upwards
Empty
You were here yesterday
You will be here tomorrow
But for how long?
The world walks by
Seeing you
Avoiding you
You touch their hearts
Maybe their souls
But not their wallets
It’s not money You need in your blue mug It’s love
Written about a child who lived under a bridge across the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand
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