Do I still meander

Do I still meander

Or is there enough to see

Without a mind to wander aimlessly

Missing as it goes

The presence of a stranger

Who may touch the heart

If only it would know

Enough to show me

As open to persuasion

There is a moment

When eyes meet

Before they drift away

When a smile would suffice

To break the ice

As everybody knows

Until they try

To meet another’s eye

There is always someone

On the edge of recognition

Unless the mind deceives us

In its endless search for meaning

Even in a world of interrelated actions

Not all of them coincide

In mutual coalescence

The collision of atoms

Is not always as explosive as is written

In textbooks

Pander to my disarray

Allow my gaze to drift

Into the middle distance

Never fear how glazed my eyes appear

There is a world of difference

Between a lack of empathy

And a multiplicity

Of permutations

Defying rational norms

In the constant search for reason, form

And resolution