I am hurting, but no one feels my pain,
I am crying, but no one dries my tears,
I am screaming, but no one seems to hear.
I am praying, but I don’t know who cares.
Words like these are written every day. We live in such a fast paced, selfish world that we don’t even notice how often someone we pass by feels this inner turmoil, needs just a loving word spoken, a gentle touch from a caressing hand or just the encouragement to face another day. We walk right past the pleading eyes and look away and tell ourselves we did not see, but we know we just ignored.
The spoken word is heard, but we refuse to accept its meaning. Someone is losing hope. Despair and agony are winning, we know this, but we will not face it. It is too hard to look into the eyes of the homeless and hear their pleas for help.
Why do we not look?
Sometimes it is because we don’t want to be touched by it, their tragedy. Most of the time, we simply don’t know what to do and we don’t like feeling helpless ourselves. Their pain is so real. Their hope is so fleeting. Anger, dejection and fear are their constant companions and we feel desperate to figure out what we can do to change things. Thus, we all become a part of this dejected state of mind. At least, for most of us, it is a state of mind. For them, it is a state of being.
For just a moment, let’s try to look at it from the perspective of the homeless. Let’s try to grasp what their everyday life is like and then, let’s join together to find a way to really hear their pleas and come to their aid.
No one is more keenly aware of what it is like to be homeless than Kylyssa . You will definitely want to read Why Homeless People Don’t Use Shelters. But don’t stop there. She also tells us what we can do in How You Can Help the Homeless without Spending a Dime
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From experience, Kylyssa conveys to us the plight of the homeless like not many authors can. Her whole series of Homeless works is top-notch. Thank you for highlighting this wonderful writer, Cynthia.
ReplyDeleteI always find it so hard to believe this can happen in America. I have read the heartbreaking stories about it on Squidoo. Shake my head every time. There has to be something drastically wrong with the system somewhere?
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That had to be an emotionally draining lens to write. The plight of the homeless is devastating --in a country of excesses it's unbelievable.. It's hard to wrap your mind around the thought that we have so much devastation and despair here, and yet--it's very real.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful review of Kylyssa's writings. She does a wonderful job of showing us that homelessness is not a disease. Any of us could be affected by the economy or a turn of luck at any time.
ReplyDeleteKylyssa's writing is hugely important in keeping the issue of homelessness in our consciousness. And as others have already said, it is unbelievable that in so called civilised society people are living on the streets.
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Your first four lines really got my attention. Kylyssa writes powerfully of the experience of being homeless. She is an excellent writer and so are you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a compelling introduction to Kylyssa's work. She is a wonderful spokesperson for homeless people everywhere, and her honest accounts will continue to touch so many of us.
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