We Need a Change

Happiness wrapped with a bow
Sits on your door step alone
Out in the world
Where others go
Pushing shoving
The whole day through
Money doesn't equal out
Those that have
Those that don't
No in between
In this place we live in
Children starve,cancer thrives
Tears run dry
Hearts remain broken
But you don't see
what hides behind their eyes
The smiles they fake so well
No home to live in
No security in the bank
Living day to day
While others have homes
For every season of the year
There are those who sleep under stars
Cold and scared
Holding themselves together
While the government gives breaks
To the ones who don't need any
We misunderstand the politics of it all
Foreclosure signs line the streets
Of once beautiful neighborhoods
Chow lines wrap around the corner
I cannot comprehend the sadness
That others carry
Helping neighbors
Since the men that get paid to
Turns their backs
Letting others dictate their actions
We pay for other countries to eat
While our people cannot
Growing up I believe this happened in cities
But here I am reality sets in
It can happen anywhere
The sick staying sick
No health care
Cannot afford the medicine
That may cure what ails them
The old work till they drop
If they are lucky enough to find a job
Everything out sourced
So the rich can save a dime
When all we have are pennies
The gas prices rise
People who work for minimum wage
No longer can afford to get to their jobs
Its cheaper to stay home collecting welfare
Before the funds run dry
We're crying out for a change
To be taken to a new place
where we can all feel safe and secure
Who says money doesn't buy happiness?
The people who never went without anything