In that forgotten part of town
Where wasted hopes and dreams abound,
A wrinkled man with life near end,
In hopes to have at least one friend,
Fashioned bits of wood and things
And made a dummy run by strings.
He sat alone for hours on end,
Conversing with his only friend
And found delight within the fact
That he controlled it's every act.
He told it how he never had
A chance, since all his luck was bad
Although he'd tried so to succeed -
The dummy nodded and agreed.
And how his journeys in romance
Had never given him a chance,
And wasn't it a crying shame
That he was always held to blame
When everyone knew, oh so well,
That life is but a living Hell,
Controlled by lust and power and greed?
The dummy nodded and agreed.
With patience that would rival saints,
That dummy sat through all complaints
And, with each little expert tug,
He'd droop his head or bow or shrug
And give some comfort to the man
Who held his lifelines in his hand
And helped to fill a lonely need
When he just nodded and agreed.
Senility increased with time
As did the old man's phantomime,
And feverish fingers pulled with glee
The dummy's dance of misery.
They never left each other's side
Until the day both stopped and died.
We found them lying, hand in hand,
The dummy - and his wooden friend.
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i loved the truth which laid deep within this poem which touched me so deeply that i cannot understand, keep writing.
Michelle
This poem is very truthful and real. Thankyou for sharing it.
yolanda
wonderfully dont Mack. wonderfully done.
Rory
I really like this poem, I found out that my friend was really sick today and so I was looking for a poem to to cheer him up and I found this one. It is a really nice poem. The person who wrote it should be very proud.
Kelly
It touched my heart in areas of love, romance, friendship, even lonliness. Thank you for such an awesome site.
Mary
On a scale from 1 to 10 I give this poem a 62. It is amazing.
Rachel
This poem was one of the greatest poems I have ever read. I've been studying poems for 06 years and i give yours two thumbs up.
anon
think this was very touching and beautiful poem- it touched me becasue i have experienced lonelyness and still am in my life, and i think it really captured that feeling and sadness.
p
this poem is very touching and sad
Anastasia
Wow i am really touched by this poem. please make a sequal.
Britt
i like the irony of it
Jamie
I absolutely loved this poem. It really touches you and makes you stop and think. Thank you for making me stop and think.
rachle
the poem was very tuching i never read any thing so lovly keep wrighting pomes you'll magor there and become a billioniar
Thomas
mmhm i like this poem because it shows a good friendship when you have no one around to be friends with.
Jemma
this poem touched me so much because wen i was young the only friend i had was a china doll this poem is so beautiful.
Julia
that peom was nice
Matthew
Touching adn lovly, this poem is so going in my poem anthologoy. I think that stuff like this is great!
Lisa
this poem is one of a kind. Only one who writes can really understand the true meaning of it. I enjoyed it very much keep up the GREAT work.
Salwati
Very poignant indeed. GIves a new perspective about what friendship is suppose to be. to be by our side till the end. This poem is sad. because it showed how lonely one can be without a soul to call a friend
chelsea
this poem gave me the meaning of friendship and loyalty
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