A man lay dying in the street, as people passed trying not to meet,
His eyes that stared in desperate hope, knowing that his body could no longer cope.
He tried to speak but no words could he say. His lungs were empty, they were giving way.
He’d been a player. He’d lived a life. Who would now tell his wife?
Who would bother to find her though? Left his side a long time ago.
Perhaps his clothes confused, those that passed and were not moved.
Or, perhaps the smell that emanated, from his body small and emaciated.
A tramp was he, and no one cared, as he laid with no wealth to be shared.
No well-known name, no celebrity status, no family, nor friends to make a fuss.
He died that day, spreadeagled there, as people passed without a care.
Just another man who’d lived and died, without a single tear being cried!
Anything But Hackneyed…Amazon.com
Anything But Hackneyed…Amazon.co uk
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About Daniel Kemp
Daniel Kemp’s introduction to the world of espionage and mystery happened at an early age when his father was employed by the War Office in Whitehall, London, at the end of WWII. However, it wasn’t until after his father died that he showed any interest in anything other than himself!
On leaving academia he took on many roles in his working life: a London police officer, mini-cab business owner, pub tenant and licensed London taxi driver, but never did he plan to become a writer. Nevertheless, after a road traffic accident left him suffering from PTSD and effectively—out of paid work for four years, he wrote and self-published his first novel —The Desolate Garden. Within three months of publication, that book was under a paid option to become a $30 million film. The option lasted for five years until distribution became an insurmountable problem for the production company.
All seven of his novels are now published by Creativia with the seventh—The Widow’s Son, completing a three book series alongside: What Happened In Vienna, Jack? and Once I Was A Soldier. Under the Creativia publishing banner, The Desolate Garden went on to become a bestselling novel in World and Russian Literature in 2017. The following year, in May 2018, his book What Happened In Vienna, Jack? was a number one bestseller on four separate Amazon sites: America, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Although it's true to say that he mainly concentrates on what he knows most about; murders laced by the mystery involving spies, his diverse experience of life shows in the short stories he writes, namely: Why? A Complicated Love, and the intriguing story titled The Story That Had No Beginning.
He is the recipient of rave reviews from a prestigious Manhattan publication and described as—the new Graham Green—by a highly placed employee of Waterstones Books, for whom he did a countrywide tour of book signing events. He has also appeared on 'live' television in the UK publicising that first novel of his.
He continues to write novels, poetry and the occasional quote; this one is taken from the beginning of Once I Was A Soldier
There is no morality to be found in evil. But to recognise that which is truly evil one must forget the rules of morality.
beautiful and so sad
It is, ksbeth. 😦 Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment.