San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Of Lights.....Homeless Child's Perspective Poem by James B. Earley

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Of Lights.....Homeless Child's Perspective



'Mommy...Daddy
..Bridge is dancing! ! ! '

Homeless still
Amidst the glare
Millions Watching
Everywhere
Those lights
..A dancing

Yet nary a soul
Sees..hears..nor cares
Those screams of joy
'Our' homeless child
...Is fancying

Save..Mommy..Daddy
And the anguished
.....Bridge...
Just...dancing


Author's Note:
'The light sculpture, which will be on every night for two years, has become a darling of moneyed Silicon Valley types. The project is privately financed and is estimated to cost some $8 million.'

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jody Smiling 16 April 2013

Watching the Bay Bridge Lightshow brought me back to the feelings of my own childhood, especially of having time to contemplate the world moving around me - so James B. Earley's poem, with its poignant homeless child image touched my spirit and my mind. Nice.

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