Poverty | Teen Ink

Poverty

July 1, 2023
By MY21 PLATINUM, Irving, Texas
MY21 PLATINUM, Irving, Texas
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"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of. The tree is the real thing." - Abraham Lincoln


Poverty is a plague, 

Hidden and neglected.

It infects ordinary people, 

Leeching off their happiness. 


Throwing its victims into misery, 

Poverty wickedly laughs.

Pillaging their hope, 

Poverty thrives. 


Poverty sees no race, 

Poverty sees no creed, 

Poverty sees no gender, 

Poverty sees no bounds.  


Poverty is an evil, 

Preventable with a cure. 

It is time we care. 

It is time we prepare. 


The author's comments:

This piece is dedicated to bringing awareness about poverty and how it remains a persistent issue in modern society. 


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