Under The Bridge

6- I Have This Hope

I have this hope

In the depth of my soul

In the flood or the fire

You're with me and

You won't let go

                                                                            (Slash' s point of view)

I told him how sorry I was.

He does not have a family, and I was such a stupid creature as to ask about that.

He lives alone under a bridge, man. Of course there is no one for him

Sometimes you do need contrast to realise how fortunate you are.

How grateful you should feel to have a family, a house, people taking care of you!.

I wanted to cry out loud, right there, but I did not want the poor human rat to see how vulnerable I can be.

He ate like someone who still returns from war: all desperate and hungry, with sheer sadness in his eyes and a never- ending melancholy.

Like someone who has already lost all hope.

What could I say?

Stupid lies such as:

-Oh, Billy, you will survive, you know?. Yeah, you will change your life. You will find a proper shelter, good food and a love.

It would have been so shallow and fake.

So, I just remained silent, like a witness to his fragile body incorporating protein after who knows how much time...

And I saw....genuine sorrow clouding his once beautiful facial features

And I felt like crap, mentally recalling how I usually complain about banal stuff.