A Local Outsider

To the local community he is not one of their own And apart from them in every way he has grown He does not share their interests of work, sports, small talk, drinking and football In fact with them in common he has nothing at all. He works in the big town some twenty miles away But he returns to his home in the small town every day Single in his mid twenties in the peak of his prime And he does feel happy at least most of the time. A spiritual person and an artist at heart In community meetings and projects he never takes part He draws and sketches at night and his art readily sell And as a hobby artist he is doing well. He was born in the small town but it does seem sad to say That as a local outsider he is destined to stay Even with those he grew up with little in common he share He is an endangered species and his type are rare. He is not a student of sports or football And who won last year's Grand Final he does not recall And though his praises none of the other locals do sing He is his own man and he does his own thing.