"...human beings are just blind people."

We've talked business
               a time or two, 
and every time
                  you give me the same happy-go-lucky look
like I'm naive and innocent
                  fresh out of the womb...
if you only knew...
                  if you just knew the slightest bit of me
those bright eyes and rosy Santa Claus cheeks 
                  would grow dull and sullen in the blink of an eye. 


We pass on the sidewalks
                                      and 
flash each other a stranger's smile...
                                               my how we are blind. 


We pass each other 
day in
and 
day out
without a second thought. 
                              Who are they? 
Where have they been today...
physically, 
       mentally, 
             emotionally, 
                      spiritually? 


Are we as different as we think? 
Or are we all one in the same
                   travelling different paths
only to face the same hurdles? 


Who are they? 
Who am I? 
Who is he? 


Who is my business-talking pal? 
Will I ever get to meet the person behind the mask
or will this world always be a series of facades and vignettes
disguising the everyday pain and suffering that none of us want to bear? 


Are we painting such a pretty picture that reality will soon fall to oblivion? 
Are we getting to the place where the layers are too thick 
to peel back and still find reality?   
Are we living in a world of fantasy and self-satisfaction? 
Or are we losing sight of reality 
                     in this individualistic, instant gratification society...
where every one wants it....NOW? 


Or are we human beings really just blind people living in a world of betweenness? 
Not knowing which way's 
                                 up 
                                   or
                                     down, 
                                  right or wrong? 


Will we ever be more than business talk? 
Or will we be content as blind people?