The Man No One Sees
   
            I saw the old man ,no one sees
                          At his usual place and time
                          A haggard face
                          And turned-down eyes
                          Silent as a Mime
                          I often saw him
                        Picking cans
                          And taking carts  back home
                          In dead of winter
                          Or pouring rain
                          The lonely town he'd roam
                          I never saw him
                          Smile at all
                          I never saw him clean
                          I wondered if he
                          Had a friend
                          Or was he just too mean
                          And so, I gathered
                          All the cans
                          My son had saved for toys
                          And all the things
                          That soon are lost
                          By favored little boys
                          And drove into
                          The town  I knew
                          To a man that no one sees
                          And when I set
                          The bags of cans
                          Beside his usual place
                          I saw a look
                          I'd never seen
                          A smile crossed his old face
                          And now I pass
                          That same old man
                          The man that no one sees
                          And eyes that
                          I had never seen
                          Look up and smile at me 
                                                            3/25/99  Ray Lewis