The Wandering Bald Man Poem by Miles Millikan

A man wanders aimlessly through the woods on a crooked path
Lantern in hand to light the way, rain pouring down to drown out the clarity
Every so often he sees another, another wanderer
Some big some small, but none like him
He knows there is something different about him, something only others see, and he is blind towards
Something that he does not possess that guides the others
Through he is journey he is told to make his own decisions
But subconsciously following the paths of others
Was his path planned out from the beginning or was it his to walk?
Either way it feels like there is something off
His own mind is in conflict with itself
Only filled with the speeches and limericks of others
His head is void of any original thoughts
Only other’s that have grown and become something else
The worst part of it all is the others do not mean to misguide the man
But they all throw in their little bits and pieces of their beliefs and opinions
That’s all anyone contributes now a days, is opinions
Sometimes cleverly disguised as a fact to make it more convincing, but always just someone’s own thought they have picked from their experiences or beliefs
How unfair to force these upon someone else and make them believe it is fact
Because these foreign opinions have attached themselves and he now believes them to be nothing less than facts that he himself discovered
And why should he doubt himself, because he’s the only one he can trust
People are always trying to leave their mark on another
Trying to “throw in their two cents”
But overtime this mountain of pennies leaves no room for originality
JUST AN ANTHOLOGY OF OTHER PEOPLE
No longer his own person but just a creation others have come together to create
And that is the difference in the man, letting everyone in
Acceptance for everything
Allowing everything to have an effect on him
Not shutting anyone, anything, or any idea out
A picture of a good citizen, how ironic
Only working for others, and the idea of benefitting himself is just a concept
So for now those who are just trying to “help” shall light his lantern
And he must only hope they know where they’re sending him