I took this walk to ease my mind. To find out what's gnawing at me. Wouldn't think to look at me. that I've spent a lot of time in education. It all seems so long ago. I'm a thinker not a talker. I've no-one to talk to anyway. I can't see the road. for the rain in my eyes. Ahhh .... I live above the grocers store. owned by an Austrian. He often calls me down to eat. And he jokes about his broken English. tries to be a friend to me. But for all my years of reading conversation. I stand without a word to say. I can't see the bridge. for the rain in my eye. Ahhh.... And the world is full of life. Full of folk who don't know me. And they walk in twos or threes or mor. While the light that shines above the grocer's store. Investigates my face so rudely. And my essays lying scattered on the floor. Fulfill their needs just by being there. And my hands shake my head hurts. my voice sticks inside my throat. I'm invisible and dumb. And no-one will recall me. And I can't see the water. through the tears in my ey-y-yes.