From a Beautiful Actress to an Unrecognizable Homeless Woman
I read in the news about this woman who had
been a beautiful actress in a popular tv show,
but now roams the streets homeless, disheveled
and pushing a shopping cart full of items
she finds in dumpsters.
And I wonder what caused her to fall so hard.
I think in the news the fall was due to drugs,
but I have to wonder if a mental health issue
led to her awful demise along with the drugs.
It concerns me that there seems to be
no help for her. No one to intervene and
save her from the streets
and the horrible things that could happen
to her in such a vulnerable state,
and it saddens me to see she has
such a tragic, horrible fate
and seems totally abandoned.
I guess it comes down to free will
even if your will is compromised
and you’re putting yourself in jeopardy.
I find that heartbreakingly sad
and I wish I could wave a magic wand
and save her and probably thousands
upon thousands of others from
being seemingly abandoned in the streets.
Bob Boyd