RAPID CYCLING POEMS

FACES

FACES

I sit and watch you from my chair

Cradling hot coffee in my hand

Each face I see is different

Yet fundamentally the same.

Some portray perfection

From the front and from the side

While others are quite curious

And catch my wandering eyes.

Some of you are old and worn

Jowly and quite jaded

While others painted, oh so bright

And others look a fright.

I watch you frown, smile and laugh

Animated, then quite serious

I’m fascinated (and intrigued) by your movement and expression.

It’s clear to me each face I see is very, very different

Yet to me you radiate, perfection and pure brilliance

The young, the old, the fresh and worn

You’re all uniquely beautiful

Yet every single one of you is, fundamentally the same.