It's Still Life

Lost in His Own Desert

I travel
at the front of the bus,
just for the view,
and my eye
is caught by a man
who seems lost
in his own empty
desert. He looks
at his hands, and stares.
He’s in a place that’s
not the same as me,
and he picks
at his beard 
and then at his ears,
and speaks loudly
into the seat
next to him.
And I wonder, does he
speak to a man
or a woman,
is that person young,
or old. Are they kind
to this man who’s
so very lost in himself.

Photo by Filippo Andolfatto on Unsplash. Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on Twitter   ©Misky 2021