Great poem, @hopehuggs! I could totally relate to what you wrote, because I once had a similar situation happen to me. I was at a truck stop just trying to rest for the night on a long road trip, and I couldn't sleep, so I decided to walk around for a bit.

I met this kid who I found out later was only 20, and he asked me for a cigarette but I told him I didn't have any. Instead of just walking away and continuing to do what he was doing, he started talking to me and he unloaded his whole life story onto me and told me about how he got involved in gangs and drugs and how he feels all alone in the world because his family hasn't seen him in almost a year.

I find that for whatever reason, random people that I meet tend to just unload their whole life stories and problems onto me. Perhaps I just give off that vibe that you can talk to me, idk. I do rather enjoy it, though, because I find that listening to people's life stories helps me to better understand people, and it also gives me inspiration for possible characters and character development in future writings :P

One question, how do I join the discord channel for The Unmentionables? I set up my Steem Voter to upvote them but I didn't realize there was also a Discord :P