Mankind

Reaching to the sky to remember
Thoughts once forgotten in another place
Carefully he touches you and helps you in your plight
To find another place where you can sleep at night
Holding in his hand you see a small shadow of a man
Recognizing in this moment a vision of a land

Once seen whilst you were sleeping
Fearing still, unbelieving how you feel
As slowly he takes you to the place where he sat all those many times before
Chosen as you were for your kindness to a stranger
Explaining in time a story of a child in a manger

Showing how it came to be, that time can deceive
Even the learned few like you and me
Helplessly he leaves you there just where you stood
Reaching for an ending, he should have told
As knowing as he was, as young as he was old
Wondering if he could, believing that he should

This is one of many poems I wrote over 10 years ago and have only recently come back to so thought I would share to see people's feedback as I start to get back into the swing of things. Thanks for reading.