Kindness in the Darkness

today's been non-stop raining day,
was trapped at the bus-stop when i came home.
tot i was gonna be camping overnight there if it didnt stop;
but suddenly an old man walked past me.
he walked rite past the bus-stop,
then retracted his steps and came to me.
he spoke words which i couldn't hear,
but he simply held out his umbrella in front of me,
and pointed to the road ahead.

so I shyly walked up to him and thanked him,
and walked with him.
he was old, very old.
but still his kindness and sincerity made me go with him
even though i knew he would not be going the same way as me.

when we came to the junction two turns from my house,
suddenly his speech became a choir
and he said," Run, boy, run home, you can do it!"
touched by such warm motivation,
i sprinted up the damned hill without care of the rain
and wondered why in the world anyone would wanna help a stranger

and then i realised that u dun have to know that person nor wad he needs
its realli simply the thought that counts.

~Alfie, feeling unalone now.