My first delivery of today was the most memorable,
Central Lutheran Church right at the corner of the road,
A homeless man lay in a slump against the wall,
Fast asleep upon the concrete with nowhere else to go,
The churchman opened the door and said hello,
“Hi, if you can sign this real quick please?” handing him a pen and receipt,
“Sure, here’s your tip” couple bucks stashed in my pocket real quick,
As the pizza exchanged hands the sleeping man awoke and emit an energy so strange,
Bewildered and exhausted to say the least, missing a shoe from one of his feet,
My heartstrings tugged as I could feel the aura of another human being,
A living breathing soul in a harsh moment of reality,
Im a poet I could have offered him a few words of relief,
Instead I turned to speedwalk to where I was parked,
I was three steps away when a soft, dry voice croaked “hey do you know what time it is?”
I stopped and said “Yeah its uhh…5:50”
“AM or PM?”
“5:50 PM”
“Thanks”
Maybe thats all the universe put me there in that moment to tell him.