I wave to a complete stranger And I don't know what it's for Indigenous to this foreign land He was stranger than I thought
Tattered clothes he wore with pride And on his face was a pleasant smile As if his life was void of worries Now I've left him a mile behind
My train rattles on, chug-chugging away Oblivious to that ephemeral connection Regardless of how trivial the idea might seem It came almost like a reflex action
That simple gesture affected me so So sincere and yet so naïve Amazing what a wave can do It was a pity I had to leave
We exchanged no words, no formalities It was brief and from a distance He stood three platforms away from me It wouldn't be long before he forgot my existence
To him I was but another tourist Someone he would never again see A person so insignificant in his life And I couldn't disagree
My train rattles on chug-chugging away But I won't leave the memory behind Its simplicity did strike me so I wouldn't try to erase it from my mind
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poemegrenade
Thursday, December 15, 2005
A wave to a complete stranger
I wave to a complete stranger And I don't know what it's for Indigenous to this foreign land He was stranger than I thought
Tattered clothes he wore with pride And on his face was a pleasant smile As if his life was void of worries Now I've left him a mile behind
My train rattles on, chug-chugging away Oblivious to that ephemeral connection Regardless of how trivial the idea might seem It came almost like a reflex action
That simple gesture affected me so So sincere and yet so naïve Amazing what a wave can do It was a pity I had to leave
We exchanged no words, no formalities It was brief and from a distance He stood three platforms away from me It wouldn't be long before he forgot my existence
To him I was but another tourist Someone he would never again see A person so insignificant in his life And I couldn't disagree
My train rattles on chug-chugging away But I won't leave the memory behind Its simplicity did strike me so I wouldn't try to erase it from my mind
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