Hopeless Brown Envelopes

Hope is meticulously placed and sealed inside brown envelopes Carried along the path of unemployment Hungry youths eager to board the gravy train And eat from the front tables Hope, the eternal light Wrapped under the burden of our despair Hidden from the eyes of compassion Hope, our peace and freedom Locked inside the prison of greed The youths with their heavy load of hopelessness Are ever searching for the rays of hope Under the canopy of poverty Along the path of starvation Inside the well of alcohol and drugs Hope, our rescuer and master Has nothing to offer at the moment