Do have a moment?
I need to talk to you about something that happened to me today.
Today, I realized something that I don't believe I understood before.
I am part of something moving through this country at a rapid pace
I am part of something that feels as if no one knows or cares
I am part of something that is out of control
I am part of something everyone knows about but who do nothing to improve it
I am part of the working class poor.
We used to be called the Middle-Class
We know longer exist as such.
We work outside of our homes every day Most of us full time or more
We live paycheck to paycheck with very little or nothing left after we pay our bills
We pay the bills we only need to survive: food housing transportation
We are scraping by
We are barely surviving
We can't afford to be without insurance but cannot afford to pay for it
We make too much to get government assistance
We make too little to help ourselves
We are the forgotten
We are human
We are not sub-human because we cannot pay for that doctor visit
We are the backbone of the economy you are getting rich off of
We are the ones making this country's ebb and flow
We are the ones who cry at night because we can't get off the merry-go-round
We can't get off the merry-go-round our country has the controls to
We watch each day pass with no resolution in sight
Mr Doctor Man, if we could afford $500 just to walk through your door
We would buy insurance
Your refusal to treat us because we don't have insurance speaks volumes
Speaks volumes about your values and morals
Your exploitation of our health for your financial gain sickens us
Where does it stop
When does it change
Where do we start
Why are we here
We have something that many don't
We have the hope of a Savior who came, suffered, and died for us
We have the promise of never being forsaken
We have the promise that the last shall be first and the first shall be last
We are the working class poor
We are strong
We are resilient
We are dedicated
We are the reason
We are the reason this country is what it is
We are the backbone
We WILL survive
We are blessed