I Walk

I walk amidst all these people Contemplating in thought I stare I walk entranced, my mind so rapt As if I were not even there Across crowds of so many Of all colors, of all faces The Western, the Eastern Personalities in all races I see the thin and fat I see the short and tall In shapes and sizes Beauty varies in all Some stroll with smiles Of the old and blue Others in peevish laughter Of youth and hue Dressed in diverse styles, Some dim, some flare I walk by women in beauty veiled And others that walk half-bare In some I see despair In others I find insight Some, I just walk by With not much visible to sight I walk amidst all these people Each one to life a strand I walk in thought, in masses And I simply don’t understand