Sunday, November 23, 2014

do you stand by me?


Do you stand by me?
When you know the chips are down
You know I have nothing to show
When the final tally is on?

Do you run away?
Leaving me to get my feet back on the ground?
Do you hang around to watch me?
Falling to pieces in my mind....

When a man is down
He has no home no family
Lost his home to his son's folly
He lost his memory

Do you stand by me?
The man in the old folks' home
Passing his time in lost memory
Friends he can't remember

When they come a visit
Does he remember his friends?
He opens his newspaper
Pondering on the events in print

It all depends
Do you stand by me?
When I am down and out
Passing my time in old folks' home”

This is a man I met
Cycling around town enjoying his meals
Now he lost everything
His dignity, his home and family and friends

He lost his memory
He just didn't want to come back
He withdrawn himself away from it all
Living in his own little world


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