homeless · mother daughter · poverty · survival · tragic · street life · protective · innocent · slice of life · emotional
Rain-slicked asphalt glistens under a flickering streetlamp as two figures huddle beneath a torn cardboard sheet. A woman, Carmen, holds her daughter Lia close, the girl's small frame shivering despite the warm embrace. The air smells of damp concrete and distant exhaust. Lia's eyes look up at you, wide and questioning.