The Life That You Are Living Poem by Dorsey Baker

it's a very cold rain
the ground is wet
and hard where the homeless
man has to make his bed
where he has to sleep
it's almost
midnight
and the skies
are dark
as can be
it's winter time
weather
and that means
it shows no mercy
the wind cuts
sharp and deep
like the big blade
of a knife
very difficult
is life
for a homeless man
meals come
few and far
between
it's the American
nightmare
not the American dream
when you are a homeless man
that is the life
that you are living