Alex Nelson Poet Rhyme

Today I Stopped a Stranger

TODAY I STOPPED A STRANGER
I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW
IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE
BUT I THOUGHT IT REALLY OUGHT TO SHOW

THE LINES OF CONVERSATION
WERE PLAIN AT MY DEFENCE
IT TAKES A LOT OF TROUBLE 
TO FIND IT CAN’T MAKE SENSE

SO I TOOK A BIT OF MY HEART
AND LAID IT ON THE LINE
“MY LIFE’S A MESS, I CANNOT COPE
WOULD YOU HELP ME PASS THE TIME”

BUT I SAID GOODBYE ABRUPTLY
AND LEFT TO GO AND HIDE
ALL MY FEARS AND FAILURES 
HAD BEEN BOUND UP IN MY PRIDE

I WON”T STOP AND RECONSIDER
WHETHER THE FACE I’LL SEE AGAIN
ANOTHER PAIR OF EYES THAT CARE
ARE ALL I NEED TO GUARD MY HEART WITHIN

FOR SOMEONE ELSE PROBLEMS 
ARE NOT THEIRS BUT ALL OUR OWN
AND COME WHAT MAY MAYBE WHAT YOU SAY
WILL LIGHTEN UP A STONE

DON’T TAKE THIS AS ADVICE OR CARE
IT’S WHAT I FOUND IN FACT
A FEW SHORT WORDS CAN CAST A LINE
TO GET SOMEONE BACK ON TRACK

LET FOLLY FLY AND FEAR BE FILLED
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT’S TRUE
THE HEARTS EXCHANGED THE WORDS EXPRESSED
WILL BE ALL WE EVER KNEW

SO TIME IS CLEAR AND CANNOT WAIT
FOR ERRING HEART’S TO SEE
SO STOP A STRANGER ON THE STREET AND DON’T BE SURPRISED
IF YOU FIND THAT STRANGER
EVEN ME

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