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