Hobo's Last Lament Poem by Sharon Collins

A silent society who've lost the light
A pavement for your pillow
Night after night
I'm cold and wet and hungry
Can you spare me some change?
I want to know his story
So I ask him to exchange

I used to have a home, he said
A wife and two kids
We both had mental health concerns
Our life just hit the skids
We went for help from social work
They took the kids away
I think about their faces day after day

Now I'm down to nothing
So I just sit right here
Nothing but my thoughts, my dear
Nothing left to fear
Each day is the same for me
Cold and driving rain
Couple more of these, he laughs
just kills the pain.
SC