Gutters

The man in the gutters will seldom be the one that commits suicide. The man with the empty house however is much more inclined to do so. There's a difference not just in class, but in character. For the man in the gutter knows himself to be a man in a gutter and has hope for each day that he will find happiness or shelter or love or anything that might make his day better. But the man in the empty house that sits alone with his thoughts as he works through the day without any real inclination as to why, he finds himself in silence bombarding his head with unwanted thoughts. There is few times when the man in the gutter will want anything more than to have a family, and loving arms to take refuge in; he knows that at the time of his choosing, he can take the step to getting himself out of the streets and into a family. But the man in his empty house, with his streaming thoughts and his wilted smile, he will forever find himself in the gutters of his mind, never sure of whether or not he can change his situation.