Human? – Written Friday 1st March 2002 (Aged 27)

Human?

did i see him in a crowd,
who can give life
and then walk away and leave
what sort of person are you
when you are not touched by that
when you’re a face in the crowd –
to a child you have fathered
who can give life,
and then casually leave
when those who can’t but would love to
spend so many hours in grief
did i see him in a crowd,
life giver, parent, human?
taker, believer, human?
cold hearted, full of hatred, human?
clever, endlessly flawed, human?
no, never, never human?
yes, i saw him in a crowd
but as i have always done
i walked away and never screamed aloud




James Garratt – Friday 1st March 2002


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