Alone

by Marc Mangel

 

alone

a lonely man

young

healthy

but untrained unskilled

at the arts which are needed now

what

what can he do

this man

wander the roads like

soulless vagabond

his mind drifting and

crying

he walks among women and children

and old men and

once in a while another young man

wandering too

both wishing to help

but not knowing how

 

October 1973