This Man I Know

A Story by thisman

Delve into a mind of chaos

I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY THAT I ONCE HEARD

IT’S SHORT AND HARD TO TELL BECAUSE IT’S RATHER SAD

YOU SEE IT’S ABOUT THIS MAN THAT I KNOW, NOT REALLY ON A PERSONAL LEVEL WE JUST CROSS PATHS EVERY NOW AND THEN �" MAYBE SOME TIMES SAY HELLO

I DO SEE HIM AT THE DR’S OFFICE EVERY TIME I GO AND AT THE GROCERY STORE PICKING UP HIS PRESCRIPTIONS, I COULD’NT TELL YOU WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIM �" I DON’T THINK EVEN THE DR’S KNOW.

THEY SAY HE SPENDS ALL HIS TIME IN HIS HOME, LITERALLY SHELTERED FROM THE WORLD �" ALL THAT TIME INSIDE A HOUSE - NEVER GOING OUT - COULD DRIVE A MAN INSANE

BUT WHO AM I TO TALK, ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT’S GOING ON IN MY BRAIN.

NO ONE EVER COMES TO SEE THIS MAN - HE DOES’NT HAVE A FRIEND TO HIS NAME �" UNLESS YOU COUNT HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND CERTAINLY THEY’RE NOT TO BLAME.

ANTI-SOCIAL, SHELTERED, RECLUSE, WHATEVER IT IS TO BE �" THE ONLY REASON HE KNOW’S WHAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD IS BECAUSE OF HIS T.V.

HE DOES BELIEVE IN EQUAL RIGHTS, THE LAW, GOD AND GUNS �" DON’T ASK HIM WHICH ONE HE OWNS, HE’LL TELL YOU HE HAS NONE. HE’S SCARED THE TIME WOULD SURELY COME, HE’D USE IT ON HIMSELF - AND HIS STORY WOULD BE DONE.

A SHELL OF ONCE WAS - HE ALWAYS WONDERS WHAT AND IF COULD EVER BE. NOW LIVING AND DYING INSIDE HIMSELF - HIS HEALTH HAS LET HIM DOWN. DRAWING STRENGTH FROM THE EYES OF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER IS HOW THIS MAN GOES ON �" HOPING AND PRAYING ONE DAY HE CAN RETURN TO HIS NORMAL SELF.

DO NOT FEEL SORROW OR PITY FOR THIS MAN HE KNOWS HE HAS BROUGHT THIS ON HIMSELF - BESIDES HE’S TOO STUBBORN OR PROUD TO LISTEN TO ANY ONE ELSE.

SOMETIMES YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS MAN AND NEVER KNOW HE’S LONELY, DEPRESSED AND SAD �" HE SAYS SOME TIMES THE MEDICATION HE TAKES HELPS TO HIDE THE PAIN

SOMETIMES I CAN HEAR HIS VOICE BUT THE MIRROR NEVER LIES - EVERY TIME I LOOK INSIDE, I SEE THIS MAN IS ME