The Man Who Wasn’t There

I wrote this with The Man Who Sold The World by David Bowie & the poem Antigonish by Hughes Mearns in mind. It's my criticism of the way society views the "invisibles," the homeless, the elderly, etc.

 

I passed him upon the stairs

The man who wasn’t there

I passed him again today

He never seems to go away

 

I wish he would tell me his name

He just stares into the dust and dirt

Never able to love nor hurt

This man who wasn’t there

 

Once upon a time he was

A lover and a fighter among

The starry eyed and headstrong

Now he lays invisible amid

The abstract and the lucid

 

Love is a tricky thing

It will play with your mind

Your heart, your soul

It has done its best to abscind

The man who wasn’t there

 

But like the best of lovers will divide

These feelings will subside

But upon these stairs will reside

The man who wasn’t there

Reviews

[Lily Mae]

"Love is a tricky thing
It will play with your mind
Your heart, your soul
It has done its best to abscind
The man who wasn’t there"

This really stood out for me..
A deep write and so truly depicts what we see daily..xx
Excellent write..xx