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Homeless

Picadilly Circus, London

photo by wetwebwork

i am the image
of the invisible God, why
have you forsaken me?
~ Rene 2010


Posted for One Stop - The Place For Poets, Writers & Artists

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  1. signed...bkmNovember 14, 2010 at 2:42 PM

    Very well said...makes me think of the thoughts of "Mother Teresa" in Calcutta....bkm

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  2. Irish GumboNovember 14, 2010 at 2:45 PM

    Maybe not so much "forgotten" as "willful non-remembrance".

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  3. ClaudiaNovember 14, 2010 at 2:48 PM

    yes - good question..but what i know for sure - god himself has forgotten none of them...he sees..

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  4. UnknownNovember 14, 2010 at 2:58 PM

    absolutely Claudia, but one still feels anguish and desolation
    when they have been forced to living on the streets.
    Forgotten. Forsaken.
    God sees, yes, he sees what we all do and what we fail to do.

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  5. Brian MillerNovember 14, 2010 at 3:05 PM

    ok...thanks for the baseball bat to the face...great write...

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  6. UnknownNovember 14, 2010 at 3:18 PM

    Brian, it was swing and a miss...
    and I hit myself instead.

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  7. DoubtfulpoetNovember 14, 2010 at 3:33 PM

    It's a short sharp compelling shock <3 Rene, you hit the nail on the head. Can't stand that were living like this and sending money all over the shop when we can't feed our own people.

    Beth
    xxxxx

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  8. FireblossomNovember 14, 2010 at 3:43 PM

    Okay, I was totally agreeing with Brian's comment until I saw your reply and started cracking up.

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  9. UnknownNovember 14, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    Shay, I gotta diffuse all the "bombs" Brian plants before you get here...success..this time

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  10. PearlNovember 14, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    Always driving your words straight to the center, Rene...

    Pearl

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  11. Alegria ImperialNovember 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM

    Yes, "the image of the ... God" abandoned, made poor, homeless. The God that begs for our compassion? The God we have forsaken? Powerful poem in three lines. Thanks!

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  12. ReflectionsNovember 14, 2010 at 9:38 PM

    Powerful deep words... nice response.

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  13. MaladyNovember 14, 2010 at 11:25 PM

    hmmm. I don't feel like laughing all of a sudden.
    Now i want to run out and do something nice for somebody.

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  14. MichaelNovember 14, 2010 at 11:26 PM

    Ooh , very good photo and how true. Do we choose to cross the road or help? None of us can say we did not see once we've walked pass. Gripping.

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  15. MichaelNovember 14, 2010 at 11:45 PM

    thank you for the link to Kids and hope. What an admirable thing Sean is doing there. Wow.

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  16. Short PoemsNovember 15, 2010 at 3:55 AM

    Powerful words! Loved your blog!
    Al the best
    Marinela x

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