Please Hold Me

You cannot possibly know how sad this photograph without visiting the site where it was shot.

Yes, it is a doll and some child obviously once held it. Loved it. Lost it.

It is where it is lying. There is one cigarette butt visible but that is one of the least socially malignant things in the area. There are syringes (used), condoms (used), broken up pieces of electronic equipment probably stolen from some person without a lot of wealth because he or she cannot afford an alarm system.

Look at the doll. The sad eyes. The hopeful smile.

Was the doll stolen from that home or was the child at this spot and lost it here.

We need a way to ensure that needy people take without permission from those with too much and not those with too little.