An old man

Wearing both belt and suspenders,

What are you so afraid of?

Does the weight

Of the world

Weigh more heavily

On your shoulders?

Does time sink heavily

On your body

And you maintain the illusion

Of being uplifting?

Are there too many secrets

Hiding in your pockets

Such mass as to double

As an anchor?

Life can be so crippling

And you’ve endured so long,

Perhaps at that age I too

Will take all the help I can get.

– Vagabond Prophet