A Simple Act of Kindness

You can be only so lonely and so obsolete from society Everyone who walks by you pretends you don't exist And they all hurry along before they start their shifts Some walk by and drop a penny or two Usually right in front of your shoes That's why I am here singing my blues In my torn up coat and my messed up hair But still a lot of people don't seem to care I was just like you a few years ago I was more than you'll ever really know But who really cares about a helpless wino You don't you just walked on by You couldn't even look me in my eye You just turned your head up to the sky Or pretended something was in your eye A young child walked up to me and held out his closed hand With his parents near by watching as he approached me The honor seemed bestowed upon him as he opened his hand to me and grinned "Here Mister" He Says I want you to have this money so you can be fed I looked over to his parents and they smiled at me I couldn't take his money As my face lit up with impish glee