Say Nay - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Open Poetry #23

Say Nay

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2002-11-07 07:21 AM

Did you see him laying there
In the chill of autumn air,
Just a simple question asked
Did you see him as you passed.

“Not I, I can’t be involved”

Not even by random chance
Did you happen a side glance
And see something like some bags
A clump of forgotten rags.

“I’ve no time to be involved.”

But this is your morning way
And walk here every day
Can’t you recognize the face
That was always in this place?

“Nay I say now go away”

So they placed the pile of rags
Gently in the body bag,
Just a man that no one knows,
On the list of the John Does.

Gloom

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2002-11-07 07:24 AM

So sad when people end up nameless, faceless and unwanted.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

2 posted 2002-11-07 07:27 AM

Thank you, Kethry,
For your comments
blessed be the nameless,
for they will be recognized in heaven

Gloom

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2002-11-07 08:40 AM

I saw this happen when I was 16 and in the New York subway...people stepping over a body, figuring he was a drunk and sleeping it off...things haven't changed much at all.

M

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.