AND I THOUGHT THIS ONLY HAPPENED TO POOR PEOPLE



The faucet was leaking
Tapatatap drip drip
Drip
And I thought this only happened
when you are poor
Nothing to eat or drink in the fridge
(there would have been water but someone forgot to fill the water jar)
but I don’t worry
‘cause by the time morning comes
there’s always breakfast on the table
Yum Yum
(at least most of the time it tasted good)
No electricity
None, zip, zilch, nada
Doesn’t matter how you say it
There just aint none
(the bill wasn’t paid)
But there was always a story
a game
some kind of fun
so we were never poor
Raggedy clothes?
Never! Momma would never allow our good clothes
to be dirty or unkempt
(even if hers were)
Long ago
the day was over
(but hers wasn’t over with yet)
I remember
one night I couldn’t sleep
so I got out of my warm bed
(and the sheets were clean too, thanks to momma)
I noticed momma wasn’t asleep
She was on her knees praying
(sorry God, I didn’t mean to listen)
That my brothers and I
Never hear the faucet leaking
Tapatatap drip drip
Drip

Kind of pulls at the heart a little, and makes you remember how good you've got it, and to always appreciate even the little things we all take for granted.

Yes what she said...^^^^^^^^^^^....Nice write...

I can dig this, I can indeed dig where you are coming from....

Nicely done, I never realized we were poor growing up. My sister categorically pointed it out to me long after we were grown. Still amazes me how "rich" is defined by perceptions.

I remember growing up we did not have much money but we did have a roof over our heads and food on the table..... I will never forget when I was like 3-4 years old there was a black family well just the kids and their mother that lived a few blocks away. I found out then what the true meaning of being poor was........ they had very little of anything but ohhh so rich in love...........I can still tell you in detail their house how they lived and what little they had........ but what touched my heart the most was the smiles on their faces..........and the love their mother showed them that was Priceless