Cardboard Box

F J McCarthy on Jun 10, 2009

Tags: Cardboard box, F J McCarthy, homeless, Life, Poetry, Writing

An old man on the street,living in a cardboard box.

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Starring across a sea of souls

I cannot fathom how vast.

Still I feel so very lonely.

As though I am the last.

Walking through the city streets

Being pushed from all their mass.

Never once though do our eyes meet

No recognition as they pass.

Life it seems will run it’s course

So many rivers fed by streams.

The old man living in a cardboard box

Was a child once, filled with dreams.

So quickly life can pass us by,

Take a moment just to think.

The possessions that we hold so dear

All we know gone in a blink

So please my friend look me in the eye

I was once a child ,it’s true

Just say hello as you pass me by.

That is all I ask of you.

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Katie Marie on Jun 10, 2009
Good words.
Bo Russo on Jun 10, 2009
Hear you loud and clear,seems like I was 25 yesterday,45 comes this November,I do try to make eye contact and a hello.
Kate Smedley on Jun 10, 2009
This is very sad FJ but unfortunately true for some. Lovely poem.
cafftee on Jun 10, 2009
It is often all too easy to walk by and forget that the homeless are our fellow human beings, and not just some social problem.
Paul Roberts on Jun 10, 2009
If we stumble or if we fall, we all can be the man with cardboard box. Great job, friend, fan, smile.
Joie Schmidt on Jun 10, 2009
Very beautiful and moving – - you & your loved ones will always be blessed, every step each of you take.

Blessings.

Sincerely,

-Liane Schmidt.
Alexander Jay Sheridan on Jun 10, 2009
Sad but touching!
Ask Cash on Jun 11, 2009
the homeless can arouse strong feelings of guilt.
DA Cournean on Jun 11, 2009
So true. Very inspiring piece.
Juancav on Jun 11, 2009
Great poem.Small crumbs of tenderness must share.
Isha on Jun 12, 2009
A true and touching poem. Great piece.
Anne McNew on Jun 14, 2009
so true and wonderfully made
Micheala on Jun 21, 2009
You have touched the inner soul with this piece-the smile, the nod now these are things that inflat the human spirit-The timing and beat set into motion the emotion and friend you have it down pat.
S A JOHNSON on Jun 21, 2009
Very well written.
Chris Stonecipher on Jan 12, 2010
I just thought I would share that this happens to people with developmental disabilities. People are afraid of what they don’t know and I personally belief that some people may fear that these things may pass on to them. Excellent work my friend.
hollynoel001 on Jan 13, 2010
very touching indeed human compassion is very important no matter how small the gesture!

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