They ask me

Sunday, February 12, 2017

7:32 AM

They ask me why I risk

life and limb or worse

with these people

these people of the street

It is my assignment

I tell them as they look

queerly at me clearly

wondering at my sanity

Most will back away

at this point not waiting

for elaboration or any

answer to their query

But the answer is thus:

years ago a dream voice

said, "Listen to the voiceless

open your eyes to the unseen."

And so I have listened and

and looked, time and time

again and will continue

and what do dreams tell you?