i stared out the window <br />at the bare frozen limbs <br />of my favorite old tree... <br />i closed my eyes... <br />saw leaves bud forth <br />and turn green... <br />i opened my eyes... <br />knowing there was no difference. <br /> <br />i stared at the young girl <br />reading at a corner table <br />i closed my eyes... <br />and saw an old grandmother <br />washing dishes with her grandbabies <br />playing in the floor at her feet... <br />i opened my eyes... <br />knowing there was no difference. <br /> <br />i saw the young man <br />carrying his son on his shoulders <br />i closed my eyes... <br />and saw an old man standing <br />by his son's casket <br />draped by a flag... <br />i opened my eyes... <br />knowing there was no difference. <br /> <br />i saw an old man <br />standing on the corner begging <br />i closed my eyes... <br />i saw a young boy <br />playing ball in the street <br />laughing and dodging cars <br />i opened my eyes... <br />knowing there was no difference. <br /> <br />i saw a crack head shivering <br />by an electric heater in a bare apartment <br />i closed my eyes... <br />and saw a young a/g student <br />helping some kid with his math <br />i opened my eyes... <br />knowing there was no difference. <br /> <br />i saw a desperate girl <br />walking the streets <br />looking for a john <br />i closed my eyes... <br />and saw a young girl's room <br />stuffed animals on the bed <br />pictures of her and her daddy on the wall <br />i opened my eyes... <br />knowing there was no difference. <br /> <br />i saw a young man <br />wild-eyed with fear <br />in a prison cell <br />i closed my eyes... <br />i saw a young boy gone hunting <br />with his grandpa on thanksgiving morn <br />with his dog by his side <br />i opened my eyes... <br />knowing there was no difference. <br /> <br />i pulled back the veil of time... <br />knowing, there is no difference!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-difference-7/
