of my favorite old tree…
i closed my eyes…
saw leaves bud forth
and turn green…
i opened my eyes…
knowing there was no difference.
i stared at the young girl
reading at a corner table
i closed my eyes…
and saw an old grandmother
washing dishes with her grandbabies
playing in the floor at her feet…
i opened my eyes…
knowing there was no difference.
i saw the young man
carrying his son on his shoulders
i closed my eyes…
and saw an old man standing
by his son’s casket
draped by a flag…
i opened my eyes…
knowing there was no difference.
i saw an old man
standing on the corner begging
i closed my eyes…
i saw a young boy
playing ball in the street
laughing and dodging cars
i opened my eyes…
knowing there was no difference.
i saw a crack head shivering
by an electric heater in a bare apartment
i closed my eyes…
and saw a young a/g student
helping some kid with his math
i opened my eyes…
knowing there was no difference.
i saw a desperate girl
walking the streets
looking for a john
i closed my eyes…
and saw a young girl’s room
stuffed animals on the bed
pictures of her and her daddy on the wall
i opened my eyes…
knowing there was no difference.
i saw a young man
wild-eyed with fear
in a prison cell
i closed my eyes…
i saw a young boy gone hunting
with his grandpa on thanksgiving morn
with his dog by his side
i opened my eyes…
knowing there was no difference.
i pulled back the veil of time…
knowing, there is no difference!

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