(This is
a poem that I was inspired to write by watching and observing
an old 'Down & Out Guy' early on a wet
Sunday Morning. )
To go nowhere, nowhere to go, his pace be painful, dogged
slow
He'll stop and look with vacant gaze, as life goes on of empty days
With rambling focus and sluggish step, theres no one cares
no one has wept
He falters one way, then another, this way, that way...who cares brother
Some succour given from his fag end, a half fill bottle does
comfort lend
Averted eyes that pass him bye, react he does, with weary sigh
Unsteady, fumbling, groping hand, ensures in pocket his bottle
stands
To ascertain it's solace source does not spill on, a ground that's coarse
There once were times when things were good, when he a man,
a man who could
But now his hopes forever gone, he slowly wanders... on and
on. |