A FORGOTTEN OLD MAN

I CAME UPON A MAN ONE DAY
        WHILE STROLLING,ALONG THE ROAD
        HIS FACE,LOOKED TIRED,FULL OF LINES
        LIKE HE CARRIED A HEAVY LOAD........

        I PAUSED FOR A MOMENT TO SAY HELLO
        I NOTICED A TEAR IN HIS EYE.
        I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS PROBLEM WAS
        AND HE LOOKED AT ME SURPRIZED.......

        WHY ARE YOU ASKING? CAME HIS REPLY
        PLEASE DONT PRETEND YOU CARE,
        I AM JUST A BEGGAR WHO LIVE ON STREETS
        AND I DRIFT FROM HERE TO THERE.........

        HE HUNG HIS HEAD AND SADLY SPOKE
        I USE TO HAVE IT ALL.
        BUT NOW I AM LEFT WITH NOTHING
        BUT HEARTACHES FROM THE FALL.........

        YOU SEE MY DEAR,I SOLD MY SOUL
        AND NOW I AM LEFT ALONE,
        THIS CARDBOARD BOX BESIDE ME
        HAS NOW BECOME MY HOME...........
 
        DONT LOOK SO SAD AND PITY ME
        I HAD IT ALL ONE TIME,
        BUT GREED TOOK OVER,I WANTED MORE
        AND NOW ITS ALL BEHIND............

        I SHOOK MY HEAD AND STROLLED ALONG
        AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HIS LOST
        MY MIND WENT BACK TO ANOTHER MAN
        WHO HAD DIED UPON THE CROSS.........

        I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK
        TO TELL THIS SAD OLD MAN
        I KNEW SOMEONE WHO CARED ENOUGH
        AND HE WOULD UNDERSTAND........

        HE LISTEN AS I TOLD HIM THE STORY
        OF JESUS AND THE CROSS
        HIS HEART BEGAN TO SOFTEN NOW
        FROM THE EMPTY YEARS HE LOST........

        WE BOUGHT OUR HEADS TOGETHER THERE
        AND I TOOK HIS FRAIL HAND IN MINE
        I KNEW AT LAST HE WAS NOT ALONE
        FOR MY JESUS HE DID FIND........

        AS I SAID FAREWELL I NOTICED HIM
        HIS FACE HAD A RADIENT GLOW
        THANK YOU DEAR,FOR TAKING THE TIME
        FOR A MAN SO WEARY AND OLD.......

        AS I STROLLED ALONG THE ROAD AGAIN
        I LOOKED UP IN THE SKY,
        THANK YOU LORD ,I SAID ALOUD.
        FOR SENDING ME THIS GUY...........

     
        GOD HAS NO FAVORITES
        RICH OR POOR,HE DIED FOR US ALL..