9-10-16 Stranger

 •Stranger• 

Another happy day goes by 

Sitting on trains with strangers 

Sipping hot tea in a stranded café

Watching the sweet rain run off the side of your car 

Sleeping on the roof 

Watching dog walkers and lonely joggers pass you on the sidewalk 

Wondering what goes through their heads night 

Cats digging in garbage cans 

Wanna-be pop stars on street corners

Book store lights calling your name 

Couples arm in arm with shopping bags 

Children playing tag in the road 

A girl rushing with a cup of coffee in one hand and pushing a stroller in the other 

Wondering what goes through their heads at night 

Did you even bother to ask them why they're rushing? 

Why they're on street corners 

To ask about their family 

What kind of music they like 

Or what kind of coffee they drink 

This is temporary 

This coffee 

This game 

This stuff 

This night 

This life 

So tell me stranger 

Why do you live at all?

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