"Humpty Dumpty Man"
 by Raye Mcdonald 

I sit silently among the cheering throng
        and watch as a man
            works the crowd.
He is charming and enticing and effortlessly
             gathers the gullible
                  into his waiting
                       arms.

He has mastered the art of keeping
            the people up on a
                 high plane.
Little do they know that behind that
        fake smile is a sad man.
And his adoring fans will one day
         scatter, when his humanity
                is exposed.

And his shell will become full of gaping 
       cracks and he will tumble
to the ground in brokenness.
He will cry out and look all
       around for someone
who can put the pieces of
     him back together
            again.

And God will restore the 
      Humpty Dumpty
            man.
 


Submitted February 4, 2000