Just To Survive

from working all day

everyday

to working some

to no days at all

from being paid

for 30 or more hours

being on top

to working barely

11 hours

being on the bottom

poverty

having to find ways

to get money

to survive these days

from selling posessions

to asking family

if any to help

provide a bit of cash

just to survive

to even collecting unemployment

if possible

to getting food stamps

just to be able to eat

everyday

to survive

to not be hungry

you try and try

applying for jobs

anything and anywhere

just to get on

your two feer

to be independant

again

to have a sense of

self

all just to survive

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

this is about the struggle from having a job to nothing and trying to survive everyday being poor and no cash flow coming in. i wanted to tell people what it is like to be in that situation

EventHorizon's picture

Being broke sucks. You have

Being broke sucks. You have to eat the blandest foods. Always checking your bank account. Can't even go out to the bar, because the beer is too expensive. Easier just to go to the gas station. Your social life is determined by your financial life. It sucks.