did you know that we only dream
about faces we've seen in real life?
when we dream about a crowd
each face is an individual person
we've passed on the street
or made eye contact with on the bus.
perhaps it was a student we only knew for a year
then they moved away after summer began.
or the gas station attendant we briefly spoke to
when buying cans of soda for a road trip.
or maybe it's someone we've known all our life
but haven't spent the time to actually look at them.
and all this-
it really makes one wonder
how many faces have we seen
in our lives
that we can't remember?
how many people have we met,
spoken to and laughed with
that we've forgotten?