The Decent Man

Is he a wolf really,
When they look at him like that ?
When they sneer at him
as if he's a salivating canine.
When he is being nice
even when he's so hungry.
'Cause for real, he knows
that being nice is a good thing,
and nicety (not Knowing)
will Save him in the end.

Is he a wolf really,
when amidst other wolves,
he tries to have a fuckin' good time ?
When for that fleeting moment,
he lets go and gives himself
to everyone and everything,
when for that tiniest fraction of life,
all his burdens evaporate,
all cares and woes forgotten,
that's when, with ever more sharpness,
he finds in their eyes, -
crystalising - his demons, staring
with red wolf eyes, at him.

My friend, I wish I could save you.
I so dearly wish so.