I Do Not Have a Master of Divinity Degree – Redux

Some people accuse me of preaching.
I come from generations of preachers
my friends and frankly
I am not a visionary but
I am a passionate man
and I feel for humanity – 
I feel for the nameless man
in the street – I have been there.
I feel for the hungry
               the tired
                the weak
                               I have been there.
I feel for those abused by
governments and religions
                                    the poor
                                    the homeless
                                    the disabled
                                    the sinner
                                    the marginalized
                                    the walking wounded
for I have been there.

At night I sleep bearing burdens
for my voiceless 
brothers and sisters,
those maligned by society,
those people left to die
in the streets cause 
I have damn well been there.
I have
                        seen
                        felt
                        experienced
I know the pain of humanity,
I know the yawping fear
and it’s not truly preaching
I resort to but 
the telling of truths
                                 My Truth
and the truth of
a million more
like me.