Deborah Rose Green

The Forever Man

Forever alive, forever man.
Eyebrows forever between seasons,
The in-between dark to light grey.
From a distance, they looked almost purple.
Forever deep crease,
Forever angry.
Forever present smile lines.
My forever impression:
A kind man, an old man;
A smile, a scowl;
A good man, a predator;
A scared man, vulnerable, lonely.
Never born, never dead,
Forever man.

Smiled at me from across the street and let me pass.


Photo by pixpoetry on Unsplash
By Deborah Rose Green, 07/09/2020