Opportunity

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"Opportunity"

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Stifling, suffocating

a beggar lay on the street corner

faded and tattered fabric hung from his limbs

taunting his frail figure

revealing what he has inside.

His shoes had seemingly run away

informing his slightly crazed mind,

they were searching for pride.

A pathetic attempt to mask his filth.

 

A recycled soul with lessons to learn

his malnourished flesh appeared paper-thin

exposing jagged cheek bones with sunken eye sockets.

Merely protected by a thick flim of dirt, acquired through years of neglect.

Titling his head ever so slightly

his eyes whimpered in movement within their concave pools,

resting on my passing shadow.

 

His stare penetrated my skin.

Violation not permitted.

Persistence without conviction

His eyelashes flutter

a feeble cage clutching squirming pupils

illusions of darkness reside.

 

Judgment lifted

his disheartening glare emptied my body’s shell

reaching into my pocket, I took out a fifty dollar bill

along with a pen

illegally

I scribble

on the world’s corruption

then place it by his weak twisted fingers

I rise, and pause.

 

He gripped the cool grey sidewalk

equating his survival with his strength to hold on.

 

resting my eyes from such a sight 

for only a moment

I blinked slowly.

His saddened face resurfaced in my view

I smile

and walk away.

 

His hands still clenched to the sidewalk

as if someone guided his head

it fell to the side

with effort his eyes try to focus

on the scribbled letters etched on the crisp bill,

"I was you"

the words blurred from his sight

his fingers shook

tears fell…—

By: Sun © 2005

 

Sun note-…I am having an old day…I rather not get too much into it….but it is a strange feeling to stay the least….I have just spent the last three hours unbraiding my hair…writing and thinking….and switching it up between listening to music….n’ listening to the da vinci code….song obsessions currently are K’naan- voices at the crossroads and  faith hill- she’s in love with a boy….they could not be more different…lol…but I have them both on repeat I can not get enough apparently….I recommend them to people that are open to various types of music…that have a depth…mind you faith’s song is more light hearted…but…they are golden….hmmm I just do not know about today….