sister i dare not wake you from your sleep

sister i dare not wake you from your sleep, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

a job we have
to do as darkness
creeps .. i know
you are hungry
drugged to sleep
our pain only
skin deep
what we sow
others reap
our parents
controlled by
the beggar mafia
our worth
dirt cheap
what we earn
every coin
single cent
they keep