What do you think when you look at me?
Am I a nuisance?
A potential goon?
Or a dirty-hungry rodent?
Disturbing your peace
What do you think when you look at me?
Are you scared of me?
Or scared that I may smear some dirt on your car?
With my dirty hands
And clumsy scarred bare feet
What do you think when you look at me?
That I am a “pick-pocketer”
At the market square
Or a diseased little chap
When I come close to you
What do you think when you look at me?
Do you just want to dip into your pocket
And throw some coins at me?
And look away in disgust
While I pick it up excitedly
What do you think when you look at me?
Do you ever wonder
How I was born
What my childhood was like
If I’ve ever been treated with warmth?
What do you think when you look at me?
That I don’t have a heart?
That I want to be this way
Gallivanting without a purpose
Without a future to look forward to
What do you think when you look at me?
That I want to clutch my dirty bowl
For the rest of my life
That my heart doesn’t tear into pieces
When I see kids enrolled in school
What do you think when you look at me?
Am I a fellow human being?
Disregarded nevertheless
That I deserve a right to an education
Just like your little boy
What do you think when you look at me?
A potential hooligan?
But is it necessarily so?
Why not a potential great president
Of a rich country like this
What do you think when you look at me?
Do you want to throw some more coins
Just to get rid of me
And keep giving me dry fish
Instead of teaching me how to fish
What do you think when you look at me?
Do you imagine if it were your little boy
In my place instead of me?
Do you want to reach out to me
Like I matter the way I am
What do you think when you look at me?
Don’t you want me off the streets?
To teach and mentor me?
To teach me about life and being humane
And build a great future for me
What do you think when you look at me?
I’ll tell you what to think
Am also a potential surgeon
Just like your kid
It’s up to you to make my dreams true
For am also like your kid
Am also a potential soldier
Ready to defend you with my all
But only if you make that happen
By rescuing me today
You don’t have to search by yourself
All over for me
For this medium has made it easy
For you to reach out to me
Just press the “DONATE” button
And leave some funds for me
These people here know how to reach me
Many thanks to you in advance
For building my future today
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