No Difference

i stared out the window at the bare frozen limbs of my favorite old tree... i closed my eyes... saw leaves bud forth and turn green... i opened my eyes... knowing there was no difference. i stared at the young girl reading at a corner table i closed my eyes... and saw an old grandmother washing dishes with her grandbabies playing in the floor at her feet... i opened my eyes... knowing there was no difference. i saw the young man carrying his son on his shoulders i closed my eyes... and saw an old man standing by his son's casket draped by a flag... i opened my eyes... knowing there was no difference. i saw an old man standing on the corner begging i closed my eyes... i saw a young boy playing ball in the street laughing and dodging cars i opened my eyes... knowing there was no difference. i saw a crack head shivering by an electric heater in a bare apartment i closed my eyes... and saw a young a/g student helping some kid with his math i opened my eyes... knowing there was no difference. i saw a desperate girl walking the streets looking for a john i closed my eyes... and saw a young girl's room stuffed animals on the bed pictures of her and her daddy on the wall i opened my eyes... knowing there was no difference. i saw a young man wild-eyed with fear in a prison cell i closed my eyes... i saw a young boy gone hunting with his grandpa on thanksgiving morn with his dog by his side i opened my eyes... knowing there was no difference. i pulled back the veil of time... knowing, there is no difference!