Poverty On Make-Up

A layer of make-up covers the dry skin of poverty stricken youths Hiding the hideous scars on their faces The heartache on their hearts And the broken hope in their souls Poverty camouflaged with make-up Delicately concealed on the busy streets of our minds Poverty roams the back rooms of our thoughts Hiding among the broken ideas of our political systems Poverty is embedded in our political psyche Indistinguishable from flora and fauna Poverty grows unattended Breaking the canopy of reason Pushing through the stagnant pool of political will Into the courtyard of our unequal society