Food For Thought

Homeless in Tacoma!

On the dark city streets of Tacoma one day.
A man had his hand out with something to say;
"Some food and some water, a warm place to be,
is all that I'm asking for my family and me."
A tear filled my cheek as I started to cry.
He looked at my face and questioned why?
His family came out of the shadows that day,
their hopes had been shattered,
their lives gone astray.
I offered my hand, my help, and a dream,
because one day I realized this could have been me.
As they huddled together as if to say...
I knelt down beside them and started to pray.
My life had changed on that dark city street.
The man and his family gave (me) something to eat.

Patti Tricoli