As Anyone Seen My Socks Poem by Adrian Wait

As anybody seen my socks
Took ‘em off rolled ‘em up
Put ‘em in a box
In the morning trying to find
Where they are,
Should be where I put em, can’t be far
It’s really playing with me mind
Yet my socks I still can’t find
Now I wouldn’t feel so bad
But there the only socks I had
As anybody seen my socks

As anybody heard my voice
Not spoken to anyone for years
No one who listens, out of choice
Invisible, alone with you’re fears
Learning to live life on the inside
A Far deeper place to hide
Tiring, you’ve seen it all before
So wearing to be outside the door
Categorised to be dismissed
Researched but never kissed
Silence on the streets all alone
As anybody heard my voice

As anybody seen my dignity
I used to wear it unawares
Homeless, but don’t need pity
Poorer when no one cares
Labelled, just a political football
By all those clever people
No on knows, no one at all
Heartbroken behind the mask
Slipping down so slowly
Care for the hurting such a task?
Christ, Long ago, came for the lowly
As anybody seen my dignity

As anybody seen my socks
Still someone, still searching,
Still thinking outside the box
Started with a late night, then
Every night became the same
Marriage declines to the end
Neglect, boredom such a shame
Climbed inside the bottle
Lost, nowhere to go
Judge me if you will
And but me in your box
I really do not care now
As anybody seen my socks