Willful Verses

Lonely soul

Hey you don't run away from me
I just wanted to talk you see
Lonely and sad in this alley i wait
Longing for ever to talk to a mate

This darkness is my home the skies my roof
The pavement is my bed and the cold my food
All alone i lay gazing at the stars
Where invisible raus heal some old scars

Once in a while i get a visitor
Usually a man complaining of the litter
Probably lost jis way or new to the town
Not many people in this alley come down

I never appreciated these men coming near
Ugly noises steal the silence in here
They are frightening they scream so loud
Enough to make one's head pop out

But so lonely i was i wanted to talk
That i approached him from across the sidewalk
But before i could make a kind gesture
He shrunk back faster than a frightened creature

He screamed and ran as fast as he could
Of course i was hurt my heart's not wood
But it puzzles me what in me is that
Scares all of them and makes them mad

Is it my hollow face or rolled up lip
My flowing black hair with fire on its tips
Is it my clawed hands or upturned feet
Or my long white outfit like death's sheet

I may look fierce but i am not bad
Just a peaceful ghost who is a bit sad
And now again i am back at my abode
All lonely and miserable haunting the road