Swaying

 

 

 

Today as I was walking

along the sidewalk

 

I found myself moving

from side to side

 

and I wondered why

and then I realized

 

it was because I was

deep in thought.

 

 

As my thoughts shifted

from one idea to another

 

my weight shifted

from left and right

 

and I felt like a drunk

who'd lost his way

 

and was trying to escape

from the world around him.

 

 

Then I realized that, in the past,

I'd seen many doing the same.

 

 

So it gave me a new outlook

on people, and who I believe

they are and I realize now

that this same concept exists far

deeper than two strangers

meeting in the street.

 

 

And having said that

from this point on

I'll take more pride

in moving from side to side.

 

 

01/12/02