Mr. Black Tie.. I See You! Poem by Sapna Goel

What is it that you've come to do
Where do you intend to go
you.. in a Blue suit, Black tie
Where are you heading to?

Does someone wait for you fervently at home?
Someone who cares for you?
Does someone hold you tight at night?
Does someone love you?

Or is your life as blank as mine
As colourless and lifeless it be..
No one to share a smile with
Are you lonely just like me?

Cause in your eyes I see a vacant-ness
An emptiness in your soul
Even though you try to hide it
Behind your fancy glasses and phone

Somehow I know Mr black tie
Though there is not much you would think I know
Beggars with matted hair, their faces stained with grime
Are not supposed to see or think or even have a mind

I sit all day on this pavement, with drool on my mucky face
As the world goes hurriedly by, I simply look and gaze
My eyes appear stupid but they are not as silly as they seem
and though you never notice me I watch you each day.. same time

Its true I am no scholar, I can't even write my name
But 'son' let me tell you, some things aren't taught at school.
Pain, sorrow and loneliness, they don't see money or fame
And to recognise them, one doesn't need to know to write ones name.

And though its true
That I would do anything to be in your place
It's also true that we are
Not that different, in many ways