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Shadow Man

A man, under the pouring shower, stands still as a shadow 
at the corner of the intersection. He has no umbrella in his hand, 

nor a hat on his head, the light across the street is red.  The many cars 
though dash through the middle of downpour the man is lonely because 

nothing resembles him passes by. For every car is greater in excellence 
compare to others, they pass hurriedly in the heavy rain.  

For they don’t pay attention to the shadow 
that stands on the corner of the intersection, 
the man was lonely soul without his kind. 

For the light changes its color to green 
the man crosses the street, and though he falls on the middle 
of the way under the downpour, the lines of yet hasty cars run over 

the man’s shadow under their treads, not even throw a glance 
on the fallen man. The man is gone without an expression on his face, but dark shadow, the man is gone without leaving a thing behind, not even a shade of a color.

darkimagerylonelynightsadfree verse

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