A trembling leaf, lifted By a passing truck Where a Mother and daughter Sing in vaulted out of tune tongues Their hands salted in sweat From a day of numbing unnamed work A strand from each of their hair Floats out of the window One flying into the forest To rest upon a fallen tree That had seen enlightenment In the darkest most obscure storm The other strand floating For many miles Into a crowded city, Sampling each sound Gesture, Pace, Before landing atop a door handle Savoring the touch Of so many souls