Oh Where Did Time Go?

He walked alone in silence down the sidewalk of his forgotten time,

twitching and snarling at all, as life sadly passed him by.

His hair hung shoulder length, all oily and unkempt.

His shoes that covered his feet would clip clop along the street

from his cripples limp.

Black shadows of the evening now in hoi polloi chased him along his way,

rendering him ashamed…confused and unable to pray.

For he knew that this walk would be his last,

As bore witness to his final sunset, as it approached wickedly, fast.

Time had tricked and mistreated this kind gentle man,

For It had once held out the torch of hope

And with malice…tore it savagely from his hand.

Oh why had life been so cruel,

And why most of all…had he lived the life of the fool.

For he had once long… long ago believed,

That life was fair…just… and not preconceived.

Yet the fool he was…to hearken to such a lie,

All whilst trusting in goodness, and hope… just to help him get by.

He was once well known and respected in name,

But now…he, is just like a thousand others,

That wanders the sidewalks of forgotten time.

Oh God…what a shame.

Oh God…

Where went the time?

J. Allen Wilson © 2005

www.Jallenwilson.com