The following is me trying to capture my thoughts while out and about yesterday and this morning. It kind of wanders all over the place, just as I did while walking. :)
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Their faces come and go
changing with the hands of time
-- hearts and minds
longings and desires
souls without names --
I watch the change...
and wonder:
Are we all the same...?
[Then I ponder:
Does love give purpose to our lives,
or do our lives give purpose to love...?
But I digress...
I wander while I wonder
and wonder while I wander...]
{Life is full of wonder}
You can see the faces that know love
-- and the ones that crave it:
the lonely; the lost;
the broken --
You can tell who they are
by their smile
or by the smile they let slip away
-- their grin the fading shadow of a love no longer spoken...
The guy with the cigarette and tattoo
the woman with the screaming child
the silver-haired soul that no longer embraces youth
are they not all seeking love
- a love old or new...?
- are they not like me and you...?
And I see
- them
- you
- me
I see:
we're all the same --
beyond culture
beyond skin
beyond the smile and the fading grin...
we're all the same...
We all just want to love
and to be loved
without barrier
without fears
without shame
without tears
- freely
- openly
--------- passionately...