Any other poets out there twitching to write tonight? This may not be allowed on here so if it's not please accept my apologies and remove it but there are a few fellow human beings out there I can't help but think of tonight, 

Red

It's not until you've looked into the crying eyes
Of a child with dying parents
Waiting for benefits re-assessments

It's not until you've stood 4am
Catheter in hand
Pained after long-awaited operation
Consoling your nurse

It's not until you've seen,
Foodbanks overspilling
With tears,
That one park bench 
Homeless man
Multiplying

Sinking into an unreported,
Thwarted abyss,
'Hidden from view'
Urchins in Draconian times,
Held back from their future,
So the rich can get richer

Go out tomorrow,
Use your vote

Don't be bitter,
Don't be shy,
Don't be selfish,
Don't be blue,

For the children
For the elderly
For the nurses
For you

Be for the many,
Not the few.