The Man That Just Stood There...

It was not too long ago

I walked towards Dang Wangi

The first time that I saw this man

The focus of this story.

On Jalan Sultan Ismail

A man in waiting mode

Doesn’t look poor, doesn’t look rich

Just standing by the road.

Not sad but neither does he smile

No emotion on his face

All he does is look and wait

He just stays in his place.

I find out from my work-lunch mates

He’s always there you know

But I tell them that can’t be right

Surely he’s got somewhere to go.

Yet every time I take that route

That area’s where he’ll be

Sometimes he sits, sometimes he stands

He’s always there, you’ll see.

Sometimes he looks at the monorail

Sometimes he looks at the sky

I wonder what he’s waiting for

There must be a reason why

I hope that I’ll be brave one day

And ask him what’s his story

Maybe that’s all he really wants

To know that people worry.

But till that day I’ll speculate

Maybe write a tale or two

Of who he is and why he’s there

With not a word that’s true.

So if you’re ever in KL

Take a look but please don’t stare

Underneath the Bukit Nanas monorail

The man that just stood there…