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Fallen By the Side

There you are at every corner Cold with empty cup before you Wishing people blessings and a good day Hungry for attention hoping for a few coins As you watch passersby scurrying about On every side, ignored without a look Just another reject of society Your eyes tell tales of haunting memories And glum heart-broken life history Perhaps dreams turned to nightmares I can’t even imagine your dark world While warm and comfy in my bed Stomach full with hot cocoa in my hand I rarely give you a second thought You measure joy in different ways Human contacts at a different level Every smile and kind word treasured AP: 3rd place 2020 Submitted on January 12, 2019 for STANDARD CONTEST 160 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND Originally posted on January 8, 2018

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Caycay Jennings

Date: 1/12/2018 7:53:00 AM

We can't have retirement followed by mental illness! Your poem wisely touches a soar spot that blemishes our universe and, I have learned, can happen to almost anyone. You covered a passerby-ers thoughts very well and drew me in. Blessings ... CayCay

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/12/2018 9:29:00 AM

Thank you so much, CayCay, for your touching comments. Very best wishes.

Lu Loo

Date: 1/9/2018 8:05:00 AM

it's so sad. My sister suffered from bipolar and ended up taking her life in 2010. I hated watching her go thru all that. Good luck, this is a great poem, thanks for sharing ;)-luloo

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/9/2018 2:15:00 PM

All too sad. And there's nothing you can do. You can't want 'it' for them. So tragic when life can be so beautiful.