“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” ― Charles Dickens — — happy holidays not to the man sheltered under the blue umbrella not to the woman cocooned in …
the man with the calendar
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers — there is a man on the corner of the inconspicuous alley and roaring street where the …
Cart on the bus
“To perceive is to suffer.” ― Aristotle — he sits, head bowed, next to his cart that contains all his life possessions surrounded by people that are chained in their business-casual wardrobe and arbitrary …
Ghost Town
“Vancouver is not always about craft beers and snowboarding.” – A wise remark from a fellow writer — I was on my way to a meeting, thrill was bubbling in my stomach. I got on …
Who cares?
“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.” ― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes — It haunts my memory On his cardboard were two words: “Who cares?” He …
A bag filled with rejects
“Home’s where you go when you run out of homes.” ― John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy It was the end of the workday My head weighed down by a hulking exhaustion I was …
Home(less)
“The living men that I hate, The dead man that I loved, The craven man in his seat, The insolent unreproved” -W.B. Yeats, The Fisherman Through the smudged glass of the bus window, a …