POEM - Flock Visits

Another twilight comes

Finds the two companions

Walking up to another door

Of another unlit home

Trying to make their visits

Check on the flock

And support the downtrodden

The older man on the left

Lacks the youthful bounce

Found in the step of the man on the right

But he has the determination

A will that is the deep, still waters

Created from raising a large family

And coming from a humble upbringing

Taught by good parents

A father who showed him the way

To visit the half-hearted

But treat them like they were fully committed

A mother who never stood in the way

When duty called

And others were in need

So the man walks up to the door

A prayer runs through his mind

Of hope that this time will be different

That someone will be home

Will have time to talk

That he will make a difference

Instead of just an effort

All day driving around

Thinking about what he could say

He read a story

About a group of housewives

Who had helped out their neighbors

For over thirty years

            Anonymously

Without even their husbands knowing

He wants to help like that

And that brought the tears

And he was glad no one came by

Interrupted his meditations

He had the moment to himself

As he let his old eyes wash away

When he looked up

He wore new eyes

And his heart had replaced his mind