Selflessness

Driving past on a highway, I look at the sun, what a beautiful day Then something catches my eye, And that something, makes me cry A rugged old man with a rough looking sign, That had a few simple words, that made up a couple lines “I am old, but you don’t cry for me, I need food, but you pretend not to see.” I pull into the fast food place, but I still picture his face I order a Double Cheese burger for me, Leaving my thoughts lay where they be Again, I try to drive by, but something makes me stop, and the next thing that happens makes my heart drop I get out and hand him what I ordered for me, And he shows me something you rarely see He takes the burger and smiles a thank you, And I simply say “This is the least I could do.” As I watch him unwrap the pathetic meal, I noticed a golden retriever at his heal He doesn’t think twice, about what to do, He gave that dog all of his food I looked at him and asked “Why” He stared at me, and said as I cried “I found him lost and hungry, and how selfish it would be of me, to take what I could give, to deprive another the right to live.” I looked at him in disbelief, as I processed my thoughts, I had found something that had long been lost Selflessness comes in needing times, And only the selfish draw such lines