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The Lady Who Slept Under The Arches
by Paul Francis Mc Cann → (All Poetry by Paul Francis Mc Cann)
Friday, September 12, 2025    Rated "PG" by the Author.
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Twist of fate was at work in the life of a woman who slept rough in London


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The Lady Who Slept Under The Arches
By Paul McCann

On the streets of London she found a place to live and all that was left was just skin and bone .

She shivered in the cold winter wind and slept around a fire at night cold and alone.

There in the darkness
under the archway of a railway track that had now become her home .

She had lived that way ever since sweet karma had blown in to her life from somewhere unknown .

She was no stranger to the
cruel hand of fate that had taken almost everything she owned .

She lived on the street and did
her best to ignore all the insults
that where frequently thrown .

Then she was lifted up on her feet
and floated down the street into a bright light that shone .

After that no one saw her again ,
people often wondered where
the old lady l had gone .

Her suffering was over
they couldn’t insult her anymore ,
and their lives carried on .

Some of those who had insulted her ended up under the arch
where the sun never shone .

Then they knew what it felt like
to loose everything and wake up cold and hungry in the dawn .

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 Reviews of "The Lady Who Slept Under The Arches"
Reviewed by Judy Joy Jones
Reviewed on September 14, 2025
wow...your words touched my soul..may we akl work to make the day come when everyone has food, shelter and medical care.

Reviewed by Mystic Rose
Reviewed on September 14, 2025
It doesn't take much to get us on the other side, where we never thought we would, this poem touches home for many. Thank you for sharing dear Paul have a blessed day :)

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 13, 2025
"There but for a good fortune go you or I." What people don't realize, especially those who are judgmental, that our birth determines much of who we will be. And, at any time, bad fortune can fall upon us and we can become like the old lady in the poem.

For some, death is a blessing. For it's that difficult to live in this life with pain and misery every day of your life.

Ron


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