ANOTHER - MORE OR LESS

Sitting there on a plane or bus

or church or at a meeting - next to

or directly behind another person -

looking straight ahead at the back

of another person’s head. Interesting….

Who is this person?

What is he like?

What is she like?

Where is he or she right now?

To say “interesting” is not enough…

Where has he been?

What has she faced?

What are her thoughts?

What is his story?

To say, “mystery” is not enough….

Then the man next to me

on the plane said,  “Hi.

Where are you headed?”

And the two of us began to talk.

And the next hour took 17 minutes.

Now there is one less person

on this planet I didn’t talk to.

Now there is one more person

who has a glimpse of my planet.

Interesting …. Mystery …. More….

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2014