Thursday, October 6, 2022

TWO BOOKS

 


Working with many different people in the bookstore 

(This should come as no surprise)

I am blessed with many opportunities

to look into their eyes.


Each one of us is our own book…

chapters filled with joys and sorrows and cares…

and I love how our two books come together

when my eyes meet theirs.


For in that moment…that brief interchange

be it in the evening or in the day…

their eyes can often tell me more of their story

than their words could ever say.


I’m amazed how the eyes can convey a feeling

with but a momentary look…

exchanged for but an instant

over the purchase of a book.


And, although our stories come together only for a moment…

and then that moments gone…

It’s nice for each of us to be a portion

of the current page we’re working on.


It’s nice to think from a simple exchange

that started with a look…

I could be a sentence…

perhaps a paragraph

in someone else’s book.


And from that brief encounter

where our two stories intertwine

they could be a sentence…

perhaps a paragraph

in mine.


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