DOWN AND OUT

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A crumpled heap against the night,

my world spread close around the floor
Blankets, boxes, polythene bags, my bed,
against the old shop door.



Each night I am the same as you,
As day and night merge in my dreams
I may be cold and hungry too
But nothing is just what it seems.

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I too once walked along this road,

Security, and not a care
But somehow that all slipped away,
crept up before I was aware.

Family  have disappeared
The good life turned to one of drink
And step by step, day in day out
My hopes and life began to sink

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This is where I am right now,
my outstretched hand held close to you
I beg for help, just your loose change,
help me to see this one day through.



Have I the strength, to turn the tide
To have the dream, and cease to roam
To come back to the life I knew
Before I found this shopfront home.

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Night gathers in, and air cools down,
the darkness hovers from above
I know now, there may be a way,
if I can give and take of Love!