There are a lot of lovely people in the world

Aren't there?

I watch them. Interested. Wishing...

Could I mention the things

I'm curious to know?

Could I say more

Than just hello?

If life is short

(And the nearer I get to the end of it

I'm convinced it is)

Why waste my breath

On small talk

Keep reality in denial

Imagination in dreams

If wondering out loud

Could perhaps be the key

To your world.

I wonder...