Missing.....

I remember the day,
I walked through that quite deserted street
Thinking of nothing but the friend I had to meet
It was a chilly mid-winter morn
Pulling my coat closer I trotted on

That's when I saw him
Neck covering scarf he wore
Leaning on the wall of the grocery store
On his head lay a black cap
His hand held the city map
He looked to be in kind of a hurry
Clothes all greased and murry.

Something about him made me stare
My curiosity couldn't dare
To stop looking at his innocent face
Thoughts of my friend vanished without a trace
So familiar I thought
Can it be or cannot?

Looking at him all the while
I didn't notice the hole in the tile
Ouch! My foot got painfully stuck
I yelped in pain and cursed my luck

Seeing my plight
The boy took flight
Towards me he ran
To render help to this man
Slowly,steadily my foot he took
Out of the hole,with a reassuring look
Slight bleeding,bumps and bruises
"Take you to the doc",he chooses
Right hand on his shoulder
I walked like a wounded soldier

To the clinic he took me
Called the doctor who was free
That's when I noticed the boy's eyes
Blue they were,I could recognize
Thanking him,I asked him his name and place
"Jim, sir!" he said with a smiling face
"I've seen you before,do I know you?"

Suddenly his face turned red
With terror he ran from my bed
Out of the clinic down the descend
He disappeared round the bend

At home I sat down with the newspaper
My bandaged leg on the table
On the front page with a picture
Was the boy with blue eyes
and the heading read: MISSING.......