From Dawn until Nightfall

Here he crept from dawn until nightfall

Here was the place he once called home

But now no one knew him and no one cared

He was gone forever in their eyes

Yet he desperately tried to call out to them

"Here!" "I am still here!"

Silence

No one could hear him

No one would even try to listen

Each morning came and went

Each night felt endless and lonely

He wished he had done more with his time

Wished he had cherished every breathe he took

It was all gone now

And no one cared

About the man who use to live in a small cozy home

Who said hello to anyone who passed by

Who once gave out candy to little children

No one would remember

As he paced back and forth along the old forgotten home

He heard a creek, as if he weren't the ghost

But someone else was

There a little boy peered into the house

He seemed frightened, but determined

Slowly he came inside not even noticing the man who once lived there

He walked to the center of the room and there placed a few things

He looked around before quietly saying

"I will always remember you."

Then he left

The man then crept to the center of the room

He saw candy and his old cane he once had to use

In the cane was carved the words “We love you old man”

Then he knew he was not forgotten

The children still knew

Here he crept from dawn until nightfall

Here was the place he called home

And they knew him and they cared

He wasn't gone in their eyes

He could call out to them

They would hear

They would listen

To the ghost who lived in a small cozy home