one moment in anothers day |
The Old Man The Old man sat there in his seat waiting by his window pane for someone, anyone to just come and knock on his door again. But the people walked by rushing with never a moment's thought of the old man waiting. Patiently waiting without any moral support. The young couple loving amongst all the laughing and joy never stopping to find an older one's lover when the old man was just a boy. With pram and Johnny, Mom harrassed, needing more hands for chores; overlooked those at the window as she rushed herself off to the stores. An older married couple shouting couldn't hear the one faint cry, as the old man sat, watching, waiting, with a little tear in his eye. The old man's son chasing all the money he could find went right passed the gate with only one thought in his mind. The old man sobbed as he waited and saw the young and old ones walk on past his door. As the old man sat waiting; he swallowed his pills one, then more. Then with a knock death lie waiting at last someone at the door. In the papers it just said, "An old man passed away", If only someone, maybe you, had knocked on that man's door that day. |