Half a Dozen Responses!

Forgotten Name

-Lynn Barany

 He sat alone on the park bench
keeping to himself
watching the frozen river
wishing the snow would melt

He used to be so famous
powerful, and rich
he always though his golden years
would come without a hitch.

He thought he was immortal
one of the chosen few.
Now he can't pay his rents
Which for months is overdue

Where did everything go wrong?
Why did his family leave?
why he had been abusive
never whispered, only screamed.

A street light on the river
said it was time that he should go.
So he gets up very slowly
But he falls into the snow.

The next day's daily paper
mentioned something of the news.
A one time famous fellow
but nobody had a clue.

So if you're such a person
who lives only for your fame,
remember it doesn't take too long
before folks forget your name.

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            There is definitely a sad aspect to this poem. Or, not a sad aspect, just a general feel of sadness. This man used to be somebody huge, but now... Now he is nothing more than another face. He is described as one who was abusive, who screamed, whose family left him all alone... I think sometimes it does take losing everything to truly realize what you had. And when you become wrapped up in gaining everything, you miss out on what you've had all along. This man didn't treasure what he had, instead he abused it, and so he lost it.

            Now, there he sits, all alone... The money is gone. Whatever fancy clothes he had are now probably nothing more than under priced garments at a secondhand shop, the promotions at his work place no longer hold any meaning… Those things have come and gone. And while pursuing these things that left him empty-handed, he pushed aside all who offered him love simply because at the time, love wasn't what he was seeking And now that he's lost his chance, he probably realizes that love is all he has ever really needed.