Tent City

My first time at Tent City
I was a guest.
I was very hesitant
My mind was quickly put to rest,
I was introduced to many
and started on my quest.

I was helped in many ways,
I even became a vendor
but I was very uncomfortable
when the revelation hit that I was homeless.

I was sleeping on the sofa

Myself with Amanda  founder of Toledo Streets Newspaper. 

at my fathers house,
with no understanding
that I was "surfing" his couch.

My outlook on homelessness
was a man living under a bridge
Not my on-again-off-again staying with family.

My second time at tent city I was no longer a guest,
a guide is what I had become, goodbye to the past.
I have my own place, I'm no longer homeless.
I am able to give back to those who feel hopeless.

Representing as a guide and helping people
is something that I am very thankful for.
Being a guide the third year at tent city
has made me become such a better person.
Sharing the love that I have for the homeless
is something I learned
at Tent City.

Pamela Renee Schneider

Invisable

How can I feel so alone and yet I am surrounded by people? How can I have no one to talk to and yet I speak to people every day? I am here, but I am invisible.~Unknown

I am around people everyday,
could there be a way
not to be
invisible?
I do not know what to say,
I don't want to stay this way,

I pray
not to be
invisible.
Can't they see it in my face
that I feel stuck in this place,
long
not to be
invisible.
Why do I feel so alone,
I am here heart of stone
don't want to be
invisible.
loneliness and hopelessness
are the worst when you are
Invisible.

~Pamela Renee Schneider

I Am...So Easily Forgotten

How is it that I am so easily forgotten?
After all this time, I feel so rotten.
You led me to believe that there was something there.
Now it seems that you just don't care?
I am...easily forgotten.
Why do I wear my heart on my sleeve?
Just so you can love than leave?
I am...easily forgotten.
I have been longing to hear from you for over a year,
no, don't say anymore you have made it clear,
I am easily forgotten.
I thought we were bonded to each other,
but now I am broken, you have found another.
I am...easily forgotten.