You've Got To Know How To Lose In Order To Win

However mean your life is, meet it and live it. - Thoreau

saw a guy today

holding a cardboard sign

sitting on the sidewalk

his back up against a wall

unkempt

stinking and needing a shave

clothes dirty and worn

tattered and torn

his soul breech and needing to be reborn

looked like he was carrying the weight of the world on his bent back

seemed like he didn't give a damn anymore

so i tossed him a buck

wait a minute, could it be?

as i was walking away, i looked back and he looked up

i saw his face

it was me

Author's Note

"Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Amanda Renee]

great reflection, and yes it could be any of us...

[Pete]

none of us know what tomorrow will bring. thanks for sharing real thoughts amanda. appreciate you stopping by.