Impoverished

Across the world in the blink of an eye
On a journey to seek new breaths of life
Self searching in foreign lands
Hoping to be a better man
Poverty, no wealth in sight
I search for a new beginning
The aspiration of what I might do here
Will leave a legacy in my own mind and heart
Outcasted from their own society
These people have been given no chance
Across the world in the blink of an eye
On a journey to seek new breaths of life
Self searching in foreign lands
Hoping to be a better man
Losing myself in these wastelands
Losing hope in humanity
Who am I to teach
When I have never really lived
And I am left with nothing to choose
And nowhere to hide
And then I hear these words from impoverished youth
Where I’m poor in wealth
I’m rich in knowledge
I can never forget these words
I cannot lose sight
Of what is real in my life
And who would think
And who would think
That such few words
Could have such meaning