Muddled Head
Heavy Heart
I Walk
Not To Seek Solace
Just To Breathe
Behind My Blue Mask.
Soon Enough
I See Them Lined
As They See Me
I Catch Her Gaze
Welcoming
Hesitant And
Expectant
And Then Another
Yet Another
All Lined Up
Seeking A Buyer
To Their Earnest
Livelihood.
Further Down
A Familiar Smell
Wafts Through The Air
Crispy Pakodas
Fresh Out Of A Fryer
As She Serves
A Hungry Soul
I Catch Her Gaze
Welcoming
And Expectant
Luring Me
To Buy Her Wares
So The Old Couple
Could Have A Meal Tonight.
I See Them
Everywhere Now
Those Expectant Eyes
That Rickshaw Puller
Seeking His First Ride
On A Listless Day
That Tiny Shop
Run By An Old Grandpa
Offering Photocopying
In A Locked Out City
That Chocolate Store
Newly Opened
With Dreams
That Shattered Too Soon
That Flower Lady
Who Walked Miles
To Get A Fresh Bunch
Before Daybreak
Stringing Them Together
In Hope
Of A Faithful
Wanting To Please
His Despondent God
An Expectant Couple
Looking Beyond
The Curtained Confines
Of A Locked Up Temple
Seeking Blessings
From Their Invisible God
As They Hope
For A Girl
To Hold Together
The Last Few Shreds
Of A Broken Marriage
The Juice Center
The Vegetable Vendor
The Tea Maker
The Gift Shop
And The
Hungry Mongrel
Seeking A Friendly
Sapien,
A Expectant Gaze,
They All Carry.
For
An Expectant Gaze
Awaits Them
As Their Guilty Eyes
Make Their Way Home
Not Having Earned
A Penny
In A Whole Day’s Toil.
Hungry Eyes
Hopeful Souls
Seek Answers
How Much Longer Mom?
Before We Are Seen
By This Decaying World
And Its Apathetic People
How Much Longer Dad?
Before They Realize
We Are Humans Too
Not Castaways In
The Peking Order
Of Economic Choices
A Muddled Head
An Even Heavier Heart
I Trudge Back Home
Unable To Breathe
Behind The Weight
Of An Expectant Gaze.
