in the icy sunlight of a partly cloudy day
I combine people watching with
my mundane errands
Observing the continued lunacy
of humans bouncing off of each other
The great Goddess of nature
abundant with life and beauty
even in the coldest of times
Contrasting with too many souls
caught in a situation
or most likely, a series of situations
thier tents a multicolored backdrop
against pillars of concrete
Some seem almost jovial
drinking beer and smoking weed
celebrating the fact that it isn't raining
right now
Others are clearly suffering
experiencing the worst times of their lives
A cacophony of emotional noise
songs in the confusion
confusion in the clarity
the only thing I'm sure of
is that I feel it in my bones
That ache deep inside my skull
all the way through my feet
I don't know what keeps me walking
passing through all the places
exposing myself to heartache
It's probably the optimism
that thread of hope that lingers
even though things seem hopeless
And maybe this is the end of days
we might as well enjoy it
