'the streets of anywhere'

On the streets of anywhere lives a man.

The same man.

Homeless and alone in the world.

The tears that fill his eyes go by
silent, and unnoticed.

Tears that cry out for a simple glimpse of the
certainty that he's a brother to us all.

That he belongs.

But you & I dare not look.
Lest we catch such a glimpse.

A glimpse that might show us the
frailty of our own humanity.

A glimpse that might admit that we are, and
always have been, more than brothers.

Thanks to Nic Askew of Soul Biographies...