worth 1000 words

sometimes it takes a photograph to see

what was apparent all along

sometimes we sail through life

side by side

not noticing

hardly looking

a brief sideways glance

but then a picture

filled with color

and gray

shiny and scrubbed

forever noise in his ear

but,

eyes will speak volumes

he sees

he always has

this jolly man

he always has

when

he looks my way

...