I see her, she sees them

Another homeless poem, a woman living in the town right next to mine.

Her hands wrap tightly around the solid cane
that she holds horizontally in front of her
A wooden sword to fight the figures that her mind creates
Sunken eyes relay messages of too many years spent on the street.
Limp and thin, her grey hair at one point must have been beautiful
The stoutness of her body moves as if it were frail and weak, and perhaps it is.
Her lips yell something I can't make out,
however much I wish I could
Her alien voice becomes enveloped in her dark green winter coat
It's 75 degrees here.
As if another mind begins controlling her body, her yells turn to confiding whispers, directed at her most personal creations
The cane hits the ground vertically, and her booted feet shuffle
along the cement of the parking lot
minding the numerous cracks.
They shoot out in every direction
almost as if with every soft footstep
she splits the nervous ground

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

if i did favorites this would definitely go into that file.

i had to come back to this...i feel i will write something in reaction to this.

jacob

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is a portrait...one of those we look at with tears in our eyes...the cane to help her walk and the cane to also fight off the demons.

" almost as if with every soft footstep /she splits the nervous ground"

that is a great ending...i wish i had written those two lines...i am so jealous of your pen.

jacob

[Antonio Valentino]

this was an amazing piece of writing.. you have a deep and compassionate soul

this couldnt be any more descriptive.. it conuured up memories of a gas station i frequent with homeless folks around from time to time

so very sad.. its just not right

as the people and the cars go whizzing by.. many too afraid to really look.. as it reminds them that they are but a paycheck or two away from the same fate

wonderful piece here on a subject that cant be addressed enough

thank you for writing it

Antonio

[Effy]

Such a thought provoking poem, makes you realise that there are always two sides to every story.. And we should never judge people before we know both of them.