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Under The Bridge
When i walked under the bridge today
As i was heading home
When looking up underneath
I just happened to see
Two words in red paint
unmistakable graffitti
It saddened me to read those words
Painted probably
By a younger hand
I wondered who took the time
Must have known pain and dispair
`Abandon Hope` it read
The message was all too clear!
Totally different than the other Under The Bridge I've heard before. Good work!
That really hits. Well done.
As you drive around Seattle you see homeless city's under bridges, tents in the grassy medians between I-5 and Seattle. and you just know there are kids having to live that life. not all druggies and alcoholics. It hurts to drive through there.
"Abandon Hope" is probably one of the most profoundly sad things I've read in a while... just those two little words. It's almost ironic though. Someone that would write those words must have a hair of hope left to be thinking clearly enough to write them. I hope.
A few simple lines, yet a profound image painted. Well written. Thank you for making me think this morning. The ideas rolling in my head right now make me want to write a song! I probably won't, but thank you all the same for inspiration! 
Never... ever... abandon hope!
That is just EXCELLENT Easybeat !!
[This would be a great place for Zurf's or Roger's ( I forget who posted them) Minions clapping !!]
I just had this conversation yesterday with my students about how tough life is for some people and how their lives are sitting on the edge of very fragile support.
And that in our busy lives it's easy to forget them and take for granted the goodness of our own more fortunate lives. A phrase "Abandon Hope" as such ,reminds us of the need for compassion and the need for acts of kindness - not just lip service.
As Beamer said, Seattle has many homeless - my daughter lived there and when I went out I can verify his observations. I was actually shocked this year in my own school - I have taught there since 1980, it is very rural and everybody knows everybody, but for the first time ever - i have not one, but three homeless students in my classes. And as I watched the Republicans shameful debates, Cruz and Trump talk about each others wives and sexual sizes instead of issues that affect lives of our citizenry. The stupid media fuels it as well, by asking those stupid questions about such stuff instead of asking - what is your specific plan to help the homeless ?, What is you r specific plan to deal with the drug epidemic ? ( although they would respond to that by saying " build a wall - it's the immigrants fault') or "Instead of building a wall, do you have a plan to build hospitals for veterans and care centers & services for people with dementia and Alzheimers and their families?
Anyway - sorry about the rant - don't mean to detract from your beautifully written and poignant poem - but as you can see it struck a nerve !
Well done !
Thanks
Jim
It must be disheartening for the the increasing number of young people who have studied hard to improve their lifes stuck working on minimum wage jobs due to lack of opportunity. Fast Food shops and other global franchises full of qualified people who studied hard to pass exams unable to use their qualifications stuck in low paid jobs. The other side is also those young people who dont have qualification but are prepared to work hard if they could get a job. I agree with Jim a beautifully writen piognant poem. EB you have got us all thinking.
as i read i envisioned a high bridge with iron work so the graphite ist could have a platform to work from. then after thinking about it for a while i thought it might be a low bridge? so he could work from ground level.
very deep and very sad and most of all, well observed
A thought provoking poem easybeat and as already been mentioned, never "abandon hope" ........ makes you hope the person who wrote that has found Hope again in their life.
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