Colors

Paint another scene just to ease the night 

And let all of the color shine

He doesn’t have shoes or a hand to hold 

Lost in a world so bold 

Summer days waiting by the overpass

Beauty in the shadows cast 

A stranger’s smile from across the street

The fleeting day’s retreat  

You don’t mind when he slips into your rear view

Concrete walls and a cart worn thin 

Highways with nowhere left to begin 

A cavas waits for the perfect spill

Filled with memories to distill 

A rusty old bike lying in the dirt 

The faded stripes on his shirt 

Dim light glows from the corner store

The face you can’t ignore 

Is there a future waiting up ahead?

Way beyond the stony bed 

Trash bag full of old drawings here

Never to reappear 

He won’t mind slipping into your rear view 

Concrete walls and a cart worn thin 

Highways with nowhere left to begin 

A cavas waits for the perfect spill

Filled with memories to distill