Poverty Stories

In 1996, when the Opel Astra was launched in India, the car caught the eye of ten-year-old Veer. As the son of a prostitute, he didn't even have the privilege of touching it. The immoral act has always been looked down upon, but for Meera, it was the only means of survival. She's the mother of two rasgullas, Veer and Tara. It's not easy for the children either. Their mother is always treated as an outcast, but the young boy is determined to be the man of the house. Their way of life is disgusting to many, pitied by some, and accepted by one man. Kindness, love, and courage can lead to the most beautiful thing... A Handful of Happiness. --- Ongoing | PG13

In the depths of a life she never chose, she exists, a shadow in the mirror, a whisper in the wind. A ghost in her own world, invisible to those who don't look closely, her presence a mere echo in the silence. Poverty and loneliness are her constant companions, echoing through the empty halls of her heart, a relentless reminder of what she lacks. Her days blend together, a monotony of struggle and survival, with no respite in sight. But amidst the darkness, a spark within her flickers, a flame that refuses to be extinguished. In the silence, she's searching for a voice, a purpose, a reason to rise above the whispers of inadequacy that claw at her soul. She's yearning to be seen, to be heard, to be understood. Will she find her way out of the darkness, or will she remain unseen, lost in the shadows of her own making? Only time will tell, but one thing is certain - she will not be silenced, she will not be defeated. For in the unseen, there lies a strength that's waiting to be unleashed.

About lunii

"The Girl on Dust" is a poem about young girl who rises from poverty , pain and dusty streets with courage in her heart. She walks through struggle , but she never loses her dreams.This poem is for every child who comes from nothing but choose to become something.

Krasná Dolina meant small town Soviet backwater. Town where nothing truly interesting ever happens. Just another gray map-spot communist reality. Then night changed everything. Nuclear power plant explosion, Alexej's world crumbles hours. Loses home, certainties, family... advancing radiation even body. What keeps alive-single thing: burning need understand plant happened father. Escape evacuation train, hospital chaos, military patrols chase, hallucinations, dying friends-all leads back start-place. Alexej's final city-border path also journey two worlds: living world, those no-future world. Realistic, chilling, sometimes brutally intimate boy story crossed hell-ended exactly nothing-left place, just darkness. "On the Edge of Silence"** no just nuclear disaster novel. Human failure novel, friendship, system lies... ...child-end adult world gave no chance.

Xiao Jin is a poor, orphaned young man trapped in a cycle of exhausting labor and poverty. With no hope beyond escaping his bleak fate, his life takes a dramatic turn when he receives a mysterious, unmarked package. Inside is a simple, ancient pot. By sheer accident, Xiao Jin discovers the pot holds an extraordinary, unimaginable power: it can duplicate any inanimate object placed inside it. Driven by ruthless ambition and extreme stinginess, Xiao Jin sees this divine gift as his ticket out of misery-and into absolute power. Thus begins his journey to become the richest and most powerful man in the world.

When Anita's mother dies, the heart monitor flattens into a straight line - a line her mother could never draw. That moment changes everything. At sixteen, Anita becomes the mother of three siblings in the soot-stained city of Port Harcourt. While other girls dream of school and love, she learns to trade both for survival - selling zobo by the roadside, burying her tears beneath duty. Life takes more than it gives: her father, her dreams, her body, her freedom. When a boy named Kenneth offers her a glimpse of tenderness, it feels almost like healing - until loss returns, sharper than before. From the farms of the village to the glittering loneliness of the city, Anita's life becomes a series of choices made in the dark, each one carving her into someone she never planned to be. In Straight Lines, I tell a story of womanhood, survival, and the cruel poetry of fate - where love comes too late, and the lines we draw to hold ourselves together don't always stay straight. Started: 29th October, 2025 Ended: ... #JusticeforOchanya

A sequel to 'Beneath the Beads.' Hearts, secrets, and first loves collide in the Dalindyebo household. Between laughter and chaos, the next generation discovers that growing up is messy but love is everything

In a world of full sacrifices, hindi naiiwasan na may mga bagay na mahirap isakripisyo. Sa murang edad, naging breadwinner ako, namulat sa buhay, na hindi lahat ay madaling makuha. Maaaring sa iba ay madali lamang makuha ang kanilang mga naiisin; pero sa mga kagaya kong kapos sa salapi, halos isang batalyon ang itataya makuha lamang ang ninanais. Dahil sa kakulangan ng sahod sa mga trabaho, napilitan akong maging personal assistant ng unico hijo ng pamilya Montairé. Nakilala ko si Silas, wala siyang sinasanto, lahat ng gusto niya ay nakukuha niya agad. Akala ko, masungit lang talaga siya, pero habang nakakasama ko siya sa araw araw, may bagay na naging rason kung bakit ninais ko siyang takbuhan. Sa bawat araw na lumipas na mag kasama kami, may mga bagay na nabunyag, may mga bagay na pilit itinago; pero walang siikretong hindi nabubunyag.

"Kiss Me After the Kill Zone" Living and surviving. There's a big difference between them. Shenaru, is tired of surviving and the odds were never on his side. Gay. Poor. Broken. Betrayed by everyone he's ever loved-including the boy who said he'd never hurt him. Rithil is a national rifle champion with perfect aim, but he missed the most important shot of his life: saving Shenaru. In a country where loving a boy is a crime, and surviving love can be even deadlier, two broken souls fall into each other-and then off the edge. Love doesn't die. Ever. This is a story about love that heals and love that haunts. One pulls the trigger. One falls in love. Welcome to the kill zone.

All her life, Selestia Eira (Nyebe) lived in the shadows of poverty. A small house with leaking roofs. A table sometimes empty. A childhood stolen too early. While others watched sunsets with laughter and carefree hearts, she spent hers working, chasing coins just to make it through another day. But then came him-the boy who lived in a world completely different from hers. Rich, untouchable, and free. The kind of person who never had to count loose change or wonder if tomorrow meant hunger. She swore she would never let anyone see her scars, her struggles, her truth. Yet somehow, he found beauty in her broken pieces... in the sunsets she thought were stolen from her forever. But can love really survive when the world keeps reminding her she was never meant to dream that high? Started: Sep/19/25

Primsharah will become the center of a deadly play, with the powers of the gods themselves at stake ... *** Refusing to watch his family crumble beneath the weight of poverty, Arran has resorted to stealing from the rich to provide for his mother and sister. His ability to bend light prevents him from being caught ... until one day, he is. His captors have no intention of turning him in, though, instead making him an offer that he cannot resist, but which will change the course of his future forever. Meanwhile, Princess Serafina, heir to the throne of Primsharah, welcomes an unusual suitor in the royal palace. This stranger brings a dangerous gift for her father: the Sphere of Truths, one of the ten World Artifacts, created by the gods themselves. As the Shah sinks deeper into his obsession with the Sphere, Inna starts experiencing visions about a thief stealing another Artifact, the Amulet of Doom. A deathly curse is bound to the Amulet, and its theft will set in motion a series of events which might destroy Primsharah for good ... and the world along with it. Together, Arran and Inna flee across the desert to find out who is stealing the Artifacts and why. But Arran's time is limited as the curse flows through his veins, with no hope for salvation save for the stubborn princess who is determined to see his survival. Magic, desert and creatures of myth weave a tale of fragile hope, large-scale betrayal and fierce friendship between two people whose fates should never have crossed paths at all.

Far far away, there is a kingdom called Crocus. This kingdom was once had a fair and just king, but in the year 777, he was murdered. To keep the kingdom alive and well, the king's old friend became the new king. But under the new king's rule, the kingdom of Crocus became corrupt and the citizens became poor and hungry. But one man, who knows the truth about the king, strives to bring Crocus back to how it use to be and to give the throne to the rightful ruler. To succeed, he created a group full of assassins to kill the unjustful king and his court...

Seventeen year old Alea Peters has the perfect boyfriend. But a prom night gone wrong tears them apart forever. What happens when the girl her boyfriend left her for comes back after eight years in need of Alea's help? Will she reject her or suck up her pride and be "a big girl"? Follow Alea as she learns secrets of the past and gets answers to all of her unending questions.

I was never well off in life, quite the opposite. Every dollar came from hard work, I barely got to enjoy the luxuries everyone else took for granted, falling asleep in front of the TV while watching your favorite show, going to the mall just because you want a new outfit, sleeping in on a weekend and taking things easy all day. For me I only got to fall asleep while sitting on the kitchen counter, worrying about next month's bills, I stressed over buying new clothes but a pair of jeans can only get so many rips in them, and weekends were even harder than the weekdays, stores were busier, more people were out and about leaving less time to get my thoughts together while at work. I found myself blaming my mother even though it wasn't her fault. It's not like she decided to get cancer and decided she was too sick to work only leaving me, a high school student, to drop out and start work early. It didn't matter anymore though, she was dead, and as cruel as it sounds, now I don't have to stress about hospital bills. As a high school dropout it was difficult to find good jobs, leaving me to work multiple minimum wage jobs at once. All hope seemed lost to me but a small glimmer shined through the clouds when I heard of an opening as a maid at the mansion on the rich side of town. It was the highest paying job I've ever qualified for and after listening to the rumors of how the owner is a psychopath, I figured I wouldn't have much competition for the spot. Whether that would be for better or for worse in the end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [This is an AU] [Cover made by: TheDarkenIllusions]

I wrote all of these poems (except one, which I'll say in the A/N of it's own) in my Short Stories and Creative Writing class. (2011-2012, first semester. Yes, I was a freshman when I wrote these poems.) If your school has this class, and you haven't taken it, I would suggest you do so, it's a great class. I'm sure that my writing would have been a lot better if I would've taken it my senior year, instead of just last year. It was a great class anyway. :)

ABÉBÍ was getting fed up and tired of keeping up with the hope that things will one day get better.she dreamed of one day leaving the slums of Mushin and becoming something .Eventhough she never knew her mother,she still had to make her father proud.leaving with her wicked and brutal aunt,she lived a life no ordinary girl will envy.Her conditions in life made her dreams seemed way to far from reality. KYRIAN was a ruthless,powerful,secretive yet extremely rich and handsome billionaire with visible impenetrable walls.He was very protective of his personal space,he saw all women but one as a means to an end.Behind all that facade was a longing he so badly wanted.He crossed path with Abebi and things took anther turn. Find out if Abebi ever got to live the life she so much dreamed of. Follow me as we journey through the bittersweet life of ABÉBÍ. This is her story.

Ivory coast were always suffering under the hands of one eye solo and his wildmen/tribe, a boy will rise to free his people and avenge his mother's death. ©All Rights Reserved Sponsored by UnitedStudios Don't waste your go to read time, follow us stay in the connection.

Twelve-year-old Sarah Lee longs to remain in the golden fields under a starry sky forever, but life has other plans for her. After the bleak spring of 1816 yields meager crops, Sarah's family flees its home in the English countryside to labor at a textile factory in newly industrial London. A factory accident several months later leaves Sarah's father out of work and her family desperate for money. Despite the worries of her older brother Thomas, Sarah disguises herself and ventures into a dangerous new job. Sarah soon learns that life in London is not as simple as it seems. She meets Jamie, a sullen, aggressive boy who helps her adjust to the new conditions. But Jamie has dark secrets of his own, and his reluctance to trust strangers clashes with Sarah's burning curiosity about his past. As the city creeps towards winter, Sarah and her friends stand face-to-face with the horrors of London poverty-rising prices, rampant crime, disease, and hopelessness-and it becomes clear that not everyone will make it out alive. Everyone has a secret, and the consequences can be more devastating than any of them can imagine. "Dark, emotionally gripping, highly researched... very impressive." "Deeply moving and heart-wrenching, it will forever leave a mark on my heart." - anonymous readers WARNINGS: This excerpt contains descriptions of physical injury and child abuse. There is a more detailed content warning in the published book. Sweepings of the Street is now available for purchase! Enjoy the first 4 chapters, then consider getting a paperback or ebook version of the full book! Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Kobo, and more, or upon request at your local independent bookstore.

Penguins are overrated, in Katsuki's mind. They smell, they're loud, and they shit every ten minutes. How he ended up working with them, he doesn't know, but he hates it. Okay, so maybe he needed a pay raise. Sue him. That doesn't mean he enjoys it. It's hard to enjoy getting bit every time he so much as looks at a penguin, after all. Let alone when he tries to handle one. It certainly doesn't help that he keeps getting paired with Kirishima, who's all smiles and way too damn friendly for his own good. ~ Or, when Katsuki works as an animal handler because he's broke and hungry, and inadvertently warms up to both the penguins, and a certain red-haired boy. [Cross-posted from Ao3]