Low-Income Housing
Fighting the Stigma to Live
I walk these streets and ponder
Where does everything meet up
Will the roads ever just end
They twist and turn
And some overlap
Some say they are confusing
Most say you have to live there to understand
but they are all quite simple
You walk, people stare
“you live in low-income housing?”
Some outsiders snicker
I guess stands for getting nothing new
Others who haven’t been where you are, bicker
You live in a place that everyone judges you for
Some have to put a label on poor
Others try and control you
Just because you live here
Shouldn’t mean you should be judged
Once you go there you will see
How great the community actually can be
Not everyone here
Is as bad as they seem
We help each other
This community understands
We all struggle to make ends meet
And in a world where common needs are hard to come by
Make places like this get its bad reputation
Now take a step back
And think of what you’ve done
Take a minute
And remember
Why we can't be where you are
And just try to understand
What it's like being
Poor
About the Creator
Janetta Poitra
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