Bum

Beware of him whom you cast the eye
Because in a moment, it could be I
Everything we hold dear
Lost in an instance
Of mortal failure
And human insistence

So if you see the one called bum at 5am
Shuffling your eyes like we don't see um
Go about your day and never guess his troubles
But in that look his pain does double

Less than human he does feel
wondering how to get a meal
No one cares about his trouble
Don't want to pile on theirs and make it double

But in the moments of human heart
To share a cell phone or cigarette mark
And in the depths you will see
That we are the same, you and me