Happens Everyday

Happens Everyday As the lobby door inhale fresh air They walk in puffing the indoor Hoping it will multiply their dwindling puffs A limit imposed by the illness Pretension turns into wish, hoping, Mask may come off, turning into need for A cane, a wheelchair or merely a crutch of concern Search for hope becomes a primary concern Door revolves all day long. Similar exchanges similar masks Years teach whether to peer behind the mask Or to let the curtain stay Their gypsy eyes searching clues From my entry into the room, my posture, My looks, position of my eyebrows– Piercing every pretention I ruminate facts and figures and Use stomach full of experience At times emotions escape from the vault Expose lies of love.