RUN AWAY

Scared and cold
first night on the streets
Your body hurts
from your head to your feet

You miss school,
not the work---it's the friends
Thinking what you'll say
when they ask
where you've been

Gotta dollar-fifty,
every penny gotta spend
Make a wrong move...Boom-
your life comes to an end.

      Daniel, 16
      a kid on the street

(from Sometimes God has a Kids Face)