I Cry© – A Poem by Felina (8/15/16)

I cry©

Copyright 2016

by Felina Silver Robinson

I cry

When I know that no one is watching

Knowing of those who pass judgement

 Upon the mothers and the fathers

Who wake each day

Dreading the moment their kids wake to no food on the table

They dread the look in their children’s eyes when they ask what’s for breakfast

and they’re left without answers

They dread the knock on the front door from

The landlord looking for unpaid rent

From the utility company wanting to turn off the lights and the gas

I cry for the brokenhearted mother who’s child died from malnutrition

For the father who drove his car off the bridge hoping insurance would cover his failures

I cry for the imbalance of the world