DC to be homeless

Ecuador falls fast tonight
to the hopeless woes that plague these streets
I'm back home
here in DC
Where beggars on the metro climb
into the corners of my mind
knowing that little girl in junior high
was once on the street and how could she be
just like this lady who begs me
"spare some change"
to be thankful is to be trite
to be grateful gives us some power, some might
to be glad that we arent in the cold
to be glad for warmth when it snows
thankful we are not homeless here
thankful we have never been near
hunger
homelessness
hate or
hurt
we are so blessed
we have so much