about you

if on a crowded street we meet

filled with shopping throngs 

would you greet me cordially? 

or turn your back and run 

would you smile and say hello? 

or look through me as if I'm not there 

does it leave and empty feeling hanging 

about you in the air? 

would we go for coffee? 

and speak of useless things 

seeing into the future 

talking of what it will bring 

if on a crowded street we meet 

filled with shopping throngs 

would you greet me cordially? 

or turn your back and run

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License