while walking thru the woods one day <br />a wise homeless man came my way <br />and as he came closer to me <br />he asked me so softely. <br /> <br />do you have a dollar you could spare <br />to buy a burger for my wife and i to share. <br />i've lost everything in my life <br />home, car, children too. <br />and i don't know what to do. <br /> <br />so now my wife and i sleep under the trees <br />with leaves as a bed, to rest my weary head. <br /> <br />i know that my clothes are torn and tattered <br />but to me that does'nt matter. <br /> if i could have a dollar or two <br />i would be grateful to you. <br /> <br />a warm meal is all i ask, if it's not much of a task. <br /> all my life i was a provider, and now i'm an outsider <br />an outsider who finally sees, what poverty has done to me. <br /> <br />i've worked every job that i could find <br />.to be the provider that i used to be. <br />but life turned its back on me <br /> <br />they say that humanity always asks the LORD. <br /> 'why me' but poverty is the student <br />and hardship is the teacher. <br />that is the way the LORD can reach us. <br /> <br />for when we see all that we had, and did not want to share. <br />turned our backs on everyone, and did not really care. <br /> this is the time that our lessons in life unfolds. <br />for in GODS teachings, to help our fellow man. <br />sacrifices we all must make, its part of GODS plan. <br /> <br />and now that i am homeless and living in the woods <br /> i have to ask myself. <br />'what would have happened if in my life i was good' <br /> <br />i gave this man five dollars for that was all i had. <br /> he looked up at me and smiled <br />and blessed me for the generosity. <br />then he turned his back, and departed from me. <br /> <br />and as he walked away, a mist covered him from view. <br /> there was no one there, that was when i knew. <br />the LORD had came to me that day. <br />just to show me the homeless way.<br /><br />louis rams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/homeless-22/
