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a lonely mother shops at the Tesco down the road she holds two cold babies nothing in the shopping trolley they hold their shaking hands out "please?" I am ashamed I have no money I beg for their forgiveness "I am truly sorry" they look at their feet all they wanted was some food a starving dog that doesn't resemble a dog anymore wanders past me life is etched into his grey fur his blind eyes, his hurt paws you can see his ribs they stick out like a thorn I pet his head his tail wags "I am truly sorry" he wanders off and dies down a dark alleyway he only wanted a good nap a boy no older than me stands on the bridge looking at the train tracks beneath him "Stop!" he looks up you can see his hollowness his gloominess his eyes are dark he has no more life "I am truly sorry!" I cry as he cries He takes a breath He has soft hands and jumps the ambulance too late he only wanted a good life a young girl stares at me as I walk through the park tired tears stain her satin skin bruises along her arm hunger clawing at her charm she doesn't smile, she doesn't speak but I know what she says I rush over I try to help But her father hits me back "I am truly sorry" I shout to her I beg the police to fight back but its no use there's too many like her all she wanted was true love a man who lost his mother cries outside the hospital where she lays cold in her bed after 5 years of fighting cancer his grief pours onto the pavement and I must console him or I will be unhappy "I am truly sorry" I hold him this stranger whose emotion clings to me he wails into my shoulder I clutch him tight I cry all he wanted was his mother A family no home no money they have different skin than to the landlord who charged them three times as much as his other tenants they beg him at his door he turns them away They weep I see The injustice, I shout at the landlord he turns me away and threatens to tattle I turn to the hungry family "I am truly sorry" All they wanted was a warm home a child sits on the curb they seem to be lost they are crying I bend down to them a kind face "are you ok?" they frown and wail they shiver and pale my face falls I ask about their mom and I ask do you know where they are? and they shake their head left to right a hard no "I am truly sorry" I help them But they don't find their parents Abandoned on the street Who could do such a thing? All they wanted was a loving parent At night you're heart aches thinking about the sorry's you've made do they console? do they help? the hunger the death the empathy courses through your depths you are moved you are kept you are the friend to the dead
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May 22
May 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM UTC
A sorrowful land
a lonely mother shops at the Tesco down the road she holds two cold babies nothing in the shopping trolley they hold their shaking hands out "please?" I am ashamed I have no money I beg for their forgiveness "I am truly sorry" they look at their feet all they wanted was some food a starving dog that doesn't resemble a dog anymore wanders past me life is etched into his grey fur his blind eyes, his hurt paws you can see his ribs they stick out like a thorn I pet his head his tail wags "I am truly sorry" he wanders off and dies down a dark alleyway he only wanted a good nap a boy no older than me stands on the bridge looking at the train tracks beneath him "Stop!" he looks up you can see his hollowness his gloominess his eyes are dark he has no more life "I am truly sorry!" I cry as he cries He takes a breath He has soft hands and jumps the ambulance too late he only wanted a good life a young girl stares at me as I walk through the park tired tears stain her satin skin bruises along her arm hunger clawing at her charm she doesn't smile, she doesn't speak but I know what she says I rush over I try to help But her father hits me back "I am truly sorry" I shout to her I beg the police to fight back but its no use there's too many like her all she wanted was true love a man who lost his mother cries outside the hospital where she lays cold in her bed after 5 years of fighting cancer his grief pours onto the pavement and I must console him or I will be unhappy "I am truly sorry" I hold him this stranger whose emotion clings to me he wails into my shoulder I clutch him tight I cry all he wanted was his mother A family no home no money they have different skin than to the landlord who charged them three times as much as his other tenants they beg him at his door he turns them away They weep I see The injustice, I shout at the landlord he turns me away and threatens to tattle I turn to the hungry family "I am truly sorry" All they wanted was a warm home a child sits on the curb they seem to be lost they are crying I bend down to them a kind face "are you ok?" they frown and wail they shiver and pale my face falls I ask about their mom and I ask do you know where they are? and they shake their head left to right a hard no "I am truly sorry" I help them But they don't find their parents Abandoned on the street Who could do such a thing? All they wanted was a loving parent At night you're heart aches thinking about the sorry's you've made do they console? do they help? the hunger the death the empathy courses through your depths you are moved you are kept you are the friend to the dead
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May 22
May 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM UTC
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