THE LATEST MAN

THE LATEST MAN

By Jaya Hari Das

I am the latest man,

Whose eyes are on the blue,

Who thinks he understood

The things along the sand.

I am the latest man,

Whose days spent away

Were nothing but a play,

I mean, a joker’s plan.

I am the latest man

That has no time at all

To waste it feeling small,

Not doing what he can.

I am the latest man,

Whose mouth speaks a word

That hurts more than a sword,

No one can understand.

I am the latest man

That pays for all his sins,

That knows what it means,

To win his holy land.

I am the latest man

Who fights for happiness,

Forgetting all the past,

Not having where or when.

I am the latest man,

Who has no company,

Whose life has finally

Just gotten to an end.