there was a man in front of me on the bus, sitting cross-legged, casual with one arm draped along the side of the seat next to him as if it were his long-time lover, and there was a ring on his finger so i guess it worked out and he glanced back at me and i looked out the window trying not to be curious or poetic
there was a man diagonal from me on the train and he looked familiar but i could not place his face, maybe reincarnation is an actual thing, i thought to myself as he exhaled and turned the other way, so i guess not because if it was meant to be then his eyes would have stayed and he looked twice at me like a stranger and i felt ashamed
there was a man behind me on the street and his steps were uneven, swaying in difficult sound waves along the cement and i could hear him muttering under his breath but i didn't look back for fear he might raise his voice because there is truth in madness and i am afraid of that
today my poetry was staggered and the people around me were ragged and worn and familiar and torn and my sentences broke off in the wrong places, spaces hovering between letters and i tried to explain my fear of the human race but this is just a poem and the line breaks are weird and i am sorry but this is how my mind was today and i am just being honest these people make me afraid