what do they know
about living life without insurance
without a guarantee that things will
eventually fall together
instead of just falling apart
why can’t they find the humor we see
in a savings account and
what a saving grace that indeed would be
but we don’t get security
we get pray the pain away
keep the tears in
because we have to fight another day
They can’t see it
but for us, life is a battle
there’s a silent sadness we carry
between the lottery tickets and cash for a week’s
worth of groceries we try to keep stashed
in our wallet of hope.
A.P. Bastian 