Something Meaningful

Not trying too hard to impress

Go about my daily routine

Go to work , pay my bills on time

It's what I expect from myself

Credit scores and freedom to buy

Freedoms to sell, keep or throw away

Memories of struggles to save

Struggles to keep a rainy day fund

It was always raining in Southern California

Looking around and seeing despair

If it doesn't affect me , why should I care

Empathy and a giving heart

The fabric of caring has fallen apart

The corner store homeless man asking for a dollar

The girl at the stop light with her hand made sign

To think most of us are a missed payday away

From making that sign and standing on that very corner

How did we get here ?

How can we rise above ?

Should we feel bad for doing so well

Are we deserving of the things we deem as worthy

A place to live and shelter in place

I'm afraid to see what's outside of my gates

Multiple families sharing a garage

Living the dream of daily survival

They park their cars along the street

The mailman comes and can't get to my mailbox

This crowded life of traffic and chaotic minds

Some know no other way than to join that fight

I can run away to my happy peaceful spots

It's a blessing that I wish upon everybody else

Believe and belief and spiritually aware

I truly beleive that I must care

If I stand for nothing 

Than I am nothing

I want to be something to somebody 

I want to care about somebody other than those close to me

Stand for something meaningful

Be something meaningful

The world revolves and spins too many off the globe

I bleed when greed becomes the norm

I'm bleeding to death and I can't stop it's flow