Life Across Two Sides

I saw her down the street Her brown eyes arresting me I stood startled; She hid behind Her pig-tail was a giveaway Her handprint on the wall; a consolation of innocence I walked to her; She looked down at her muddy feet,peeping toenails My sneakers disrupting her sight My ripped jeans mocked her My silence agonised her She saw me; I looked down My thoughts ran in utter chaos Her eyes asked a question Her ears heard no answer Her purple knee caught me The drying bruise worried me The hurrying world broke the silence A call to work dragged us from our reverie The piled rock-hill hid her from my sight and curious pairs of peering eyes had me rush for cover We were the same,yet I was reduced to her rags Her mute pull stunned my mind My rebellious conscious put to rest We stood aside Life across two sides