Broken Promises

Landlessness

Joblessness

Homelessness

Living in a world of broken promises

wrapt in a rainbow illusion

Count the tears 

count the nights spent under bridges

and days braved in hunger

Dreams don't come true

in time they wash away

until we dream some more 

The hunger continues

stuck in traffic lights hoping for a meal

but the homelessness continues 

birds of the skies have nests to call home

blue eyed hyenas have holes to call home

but what of a black child?

her hunger is centuries old

her homelessness is infinite

she is landless