Monty

A bright young man
Striving for something better
Seeks a way out

Prefers not charity
I pray it wasn't pride that kept him back

Gazing into my eyes he asks something I hesitate to answer
One of them words you must keep
Sealing your eternal fate
Sitting there on the sidewalk as the cops ask us to leave
I dare to say yes to his request
Looking out for another

That is how Monty was
He cared for others above his self

His kind young soul must have had other plans
He left this world soon after that.
In Memory of my friend Monty