when times are tough

When times are tough

When costs rear its ugly heads

Swinging in every direction

The rich will enjoy their lives

The middle income groups will survive

Only the poor and marginalized will cry

Where to put food on the table and smile?

The homeless will carry on

They have been doing it for years

Sometimes without food for days

Sleeping on the public corridors

They don't know what the country is doing

For them they can't even have food sometimes

Those who are battling to survive

They will do what they think is right

Offering their bodies for money to live

They bite the bullets and work it out

They have no choice with many mouths to feed

Charity will not knock on the doors

They have to exchange something of value

So that's the way so they have to go

The costs will weigh in into our lives

There is no way to hide and pretend

Learn to live within the means

Wait for the opportunity for a change

This time don't be fooled by the lofty promises

Now the reality sinks in badly for many