It happened in the street

Life for me was peaceful
I had solace I had joy
the street was where I made
my home
nothing did annoy
me here the sun was always warm
I had water I could drink
children came to talk to me
so really I had a link
to the new world of the children
and the old world which was mine
and the two of them I experienced
life truly was divine

it was one hot afternoon
and I was just crossing the street
when a car came out of no where
I couldn’t move my feet
fast enough and it hit me
and knocked me really flat
I felt a shaft this agony
and really that was that

the blighter never even stopped
he was going somewhere fast
my breathing suddenly got hard
I remember thinking blast
was this to be my last breath
it would be such a shame
I loved my life I loved my breath
and I just wasn’t to blame

I sat there really couldn’t move
surprised he didn’t stop
clearly he had no respect for me
clearly I wasn’t top
of his so called agenda
scurrying off real fast
and me in all sorts of agony
and now my die it seemed he’d cast

a day passed and a night passed
I was feeling weaker and he
the man whose car had hit me
never came back to see
he never cared or worried
these humans really do
surprise me supposedly devout
and they haven’t got a clue

I passed on on the third day
just lay my head and cried
actually I was beside my self
how that creep, had denied
me and my existence
and just went on his way
wedded to his religion
but clearly not au fait

with what makes true believers
believe what makes them feel
their love for their great god above
for them if its so real
I would have thought at least
the man would have come to see me
but being oh so pious
he didn’t seemingly

and so I laid my old head down
and then closed both my eyes
I felt my soul departing
that was about the size
human beings do things
this one had finished me
and hadn’t bothered to wish me well
it was a catastrophe

and I don’t suppose he gave me a second thought
as I
drifted to the rainbow bridge
somewhere in the sky
looking down on India
on the streets where I had been
just a tangle of moving vehicles
and the mid day sun so mean