Lucky You Poems by Lynn Barany In your world of sunshine Have you ever seen the rain, From your ivory tower Have you ever felt the pain. As you're driving in your Cadillac Did you see the rusted car, Or the homeless on the street, Not caring who they are. As you dress in your designer clothes And brush your pearl white teeth Do you know that there are children Without shoes upon their feet. And when the snow falls to the ground It isn't any joke That a frail, and sickly woman Doesn't have a coat. Could you ever imagine Of living life this way, On paper bags you make your bed, In the gutter where you lay. You say it couldn't happen, Especially to you How fortunate my friend As I once believed it too.

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Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)