Unwanted by ShadowsNTime
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Dedicated to the Homeless in America.. Imagine if you will, the fear, the loneliness, the pain, the hunger, the cold, the endless days of nothing but the same. How many did you pass today, how many of their faces did you see, how many will you remember? Then imagine that your face was the last they saw before succumbing to the dark, the final journey of a nameless human whose last memory was of a nameless human turning away.
My heart bleeds, the pain is deep and my spirit lays deeply wounded at the feet of those who turned away and those who were lost in this unfeeling and callous society. I cried hours and hours because I am powerless, wanting my tears to wash away the pain but they never do, it just comes again. I want to help, I can't, I can't even help myself. What good are words if there is no action, did you know how badly he wanted to live, to love, to have a family that cared, friends that cared, a home and meals that were not from a dumpster? Did you care? No,you did not have time, you did not concern yourself with another because that is what we have become, callous and unfeeling.
How easy to write a check to a local agency, why not write it to a landlord, a grocery store, a pharmacy, a clothing and bedding store. Help has become a machine, no human touch, we cannot survive without touch. Wake up America, you kill your own everyday and call yourself proud to be an American,what exactly is it that you are proud of,I seem to have forgotten..oh yeah,free to be what you want and have your dreams,and what was your name again? Somehow I forgot that too..oh wait, I remember..you were the one that turned away..the one who dashed my dreams. Yes I am an American, but I am ashamed of my country, saddened and sickened by it all. Glad for the freedom that I can speak my mind, but how long before that is taken away too.Glad that I live here where I am free..say what? what is free? Nothing.Free to die nameless in a cold and lonely street somewhere in namelessland. Not me, I am not free, I no longer hold a dream because I have taken the dream from others by my silence. I will be silent no more.I will speak out!
We have thousands of homes and buildings confiscated by the powers that be everyday..give them to the tent cities, give them to those who want to be a part of society but are shunned because they are dirty and poor. What do you expect, if one has no place to go? No place to take a bath.Do the agencies tell you about the rape and other atrocities that occurs in shelters? No, because they are free not to..so you will give them your money.Have you ever been cold or hungry with no one to help, I have, its not pretty. I have been dirty with no place to go, yet I produce superb works of art so I have a value, until I am devalued by society by asking for help, shunned by so called friends, turned away by God's church because I do not attend..How sad..Stop killing Americans. Stop allowing the nameless and faceless death of humans.
Now you can turn your back on me, if you haven't already because I have put this in your face and you are uncomfortable.Good! Maybe one person will be saved by this message! I wish you a peaceful guilt free existence,yes, existence because thats all you do, you do not live, I do not live,everyone is so caught up in themselves that the mind is closed, the eyes do not see, the ears do not hear, hearts do not feel and the tongues speak falsehoods.Set yourself free, open your mind, your eyes, your ears, your heart and close your mouth,do something,do not just preach it.
Comments (12)
ShadowsNTime
*Note: I wrote this when I was one step away from being homeless,a then stranger, my Alex, stepped into my life, believed in me and dedicated himself to helping me make my life better,and I am dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others 'forgotten and shunned'. Compassion for others has always been there but reality set in when I met a Viet Nam vet who lost both legs in the war and was living on the streets of Seattle because no one cared. He was filthy but still I shook his hand and said thank you.I was not in a position to help financially but I gave him my son's lunch because he was hungry and the smile, tears and 'No,thank you' from this man still lives in my heart.It didn't take much to make a difference in his life if only for a minute, and it made a profound and lasting difference in my life. I know the words I wrote are harsh, I apologize for that, but I do not apologize for the message,take the time to care, it could one day be you who needs someone to care. Thank you for reading!
e-brink
Your wonderful words and sentiment, which apply the world over, are totally matched by the amazingly stark and worrying photographic message you have presented here today. A truly wonderful and fitting image that reminds us all of the saying, "By the Grace of God go I"... Thank you!
ShadowsNTime
FANTASTIC! The insanity of 'capitalist culture'....empty homes and homeless humans. STARK is the best way to show this too! LOVE to you for all you do.... alex
lizzibell
very nice..
hydroCat
Very beautifully done... it's always you who make my eyes water! Great... have to fix my makeup now... :) Very well done, the pic is perfect, and your words are filled with passion and every other emotion. Your words are inspiration to not only those who think of these people as you do, and those who wish to do something, but not knowing what, but to me also... with my writing. Your words, like i said, hold such emotion, it shows me the affect something as simple as letters placed together can do, the emotion that bubbles up inside you, the thoughts that race through your head... Thank you, my friend, for making these points with such passion and hope for the future of these people... you truly are a light to the darkness of the world...
dhanco
Very true and to the point, Lynn. I agree with you on all points and also with e-brink that it is a world wide problem, not just in the US. Excellent words and your image depicts the problem so well. Be very thankful for what you have and lend whatever help you can to those who have nothing.
durleybeachbum
Superb pic and words, Lynn. It is so easy to become self-obsessed,and to be blind to everyone around.
ShadowsNTime
My thanks and love to you my Alex and many thanks to you really fabulous artists for the wonderful words and support! Indeed it is a world wide problem so I hope that my work will inspire others to speak up wherever they are. I will always be indebted to that vet, he probably is not with us anymore because that was 30 + years ago. If I could paint I would paint him as I remember him so vividly...thank you again!
ShadowsNTime
my thanks and LOVE to you; ) alex
artice
MOVED TO THE HEART! THERE HAS BEEN TIMES IN MY LIFE WHEN I HAD NO FOOD OR PLACE TO GO.THE STREET IS VERY EVIL AND DARK AT NIGHT. MORE SO WHEN YOU CARRY A 3 YEAR OLD CHILD AROUND ON YOUR BACK BECAUSE SHE HAS WALKED ALL DAY..WHILE WE SEARCHED FOR A SAFE PLACE TO STAY. REALLY TO HIDE. WAITING IN FOOD LINES FOR A BOWEL OF SOUP AND DRY BREAD. NOT STAYING TO LONG ..KEEP MOVING..OR BE FOLLOWED BY EVIL MEN. NOT KNOWING WERE TO GO . TO YOUNG AND FULL OF FEAR.KIND PEOPLE ARE NOT EVERY WERE. YES MY HEART WILL NEVER FORGET..THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO AND STILL THIS SORE ON THE GOOD LIFE GROWS AND GROWS..KEEP SHOUTING LOUD AND CLEAR LYNN..I DO FROM WERE I AM..ALWAYS..K
Alex_Antonov
Marvelous work!5!
timtripp
god bless you both!