A good deed

So i was walking to my friends house. Dying in the heat but loving the breeze every now and then. I walked into this small street and at the end i could see a man walking weirdly. He was stumbling, as if he were tipsy. I hesitated whether i should keep walking or turn around. I was half way in the street and he had stopped to rest. He had his hand in his pocket and a thought went through my mind. Does he have a knife? 


Different thoughts raced through my mind. Should i keep walking? Will he stab me? Is he a druggy? Rose don't be judgmental. BUT LOOK HOW HE'S WALKING. Stfu and keep walking. I'm gunna die. But i love life. DON'T STAB ME PLEASE. Oh wait do i know him? Nope, he's thirty. Oh god i'm gunna get raped aren't i? Rose, cup yo balls. He looks nice and kind. LOL JOKING YOU'RE GUNNA DIE. Asshole.


We were infront of each other now. He had one eye closed and had a scraggy kind of look. I asked "Hey are you alright?". He looked at me. I saw his hand come out of his pocket. DON'T STAB ME. There was nothing there. "Yeah I'm fine it's okay, i appreciate you asking. Thank you" he replied.

We talked for a bit and he told me he had gotten mugged. They took all his money and he was just on his way home. I told him to take care before i left. But something made me stop. I thought about it... He had no money at all. I debated to myself if i should run back. I didn't know what to do. I thought about the times i didn't do something i wanted to do and how much i hated feeling the regret afterwards. So i ran back.

He was at the end of the street. I ran and shouted HEY. He turned around. I gave him ten dollars and said "take this incase, i know it's not much but it's better to have something". He looked at me. Shocked. "Thank you so much. I appreciate what you've done for me". I told him not to worry about it and he asked where about do i live. I told him Derrimut and he said he lived there too. He said if i ever needed anything, no matter how small it was, he'd help. If i saw him in the streets, i was not to hesitate to walk up to him and ask. He thanked me some more and i gave him a hug and told him to get home safely. Then we went our separate ways.

Regardless of what it is, i love helping people and making their day better. Whether it be small or big. Giving them money or not. Buying a homeless person lunch or clothes. Anything. I love seeing their smiling face afterwards.

I'm never going to forget that guy.

And what's funny is i was suppose to take the bus that day but i had missed it and was forced to walk. Whilst walking i saw the bus coming and a stop was near by, i hesitated but decided to keep walking. Guess it was fated for me to miss that bus.