As the speeding train passed by <br />There was a sharp shrill cry <br />Followed by a morbid silence <br />A young man was found <br />His head facing the ground <br />With a bleeding eye and a fractured nose <br />Broken spectacles and torn clothes <br />A pathetic sight he was <br /> <br />Fellow passengers merely walked by <br />Leaving him alone perhaps to die <br />People passed around him <br />As if they did not see him <br />Focusing instead on a fallen tree <br />Sadly, his condition did not inspire them <br />Basic human kindness did not stir them <br />To lend a helping hand to the injured man <br /> <br />Hope came in from an unexpected quarter <br />A young shoe shine boy seeing him <br />Let out a loud cry and rushed to a call box <br />With the speed of a wily little fox <br />And soon there was an ambulance hooting <br />With a medical team to the rescue <br />The young man missed a date with fate <br />Thanks to a kind hearted shoe shine boy<br /><br />Sandra Martyres<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/saved-23/
