Wondering About Other People Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

People's faces everywhere, some scowling, some happy,
others filled with pain and sorrow they've experienced
through grief and loss.

Always wondering about lives of people who are strang-
ers, thinking and surmising what their lives are like,
what do they do for a living or having fun.

At times one or the other of them smiles back at me and
starts talking, telling their life stories, usually they
are heart-breaking.

Bringing tears to my eyes as I reach out to them with
caring and compassion, always in the end having been
given their phone numbers.

Being asked for mine in return, wanting to keep in touch
to talk, have lunch, anything so the bond formed with me
will not be broken.

Always giving to others what they need at the time, find-
ing a silent pleasure in having met each of them in turn,
looking forward to spending time in the future with them.