Familiar Faces

Some people I know I meet in the marketplace, Greet them with Hi and a little bow, As courtesy shown to a known face, No further the relation can go! I never care to know them more They’re just known passersby, To them I never open my door Nor to build friendship I try! Some people I know I meet on the way, Throw a brief smile at them, That’s so far as it can go, I don’t care to know their name! Fellow travelers on a passing ship I wish I could know them more Their thoughts that lie hidden deep Like waiting rains yearning to pour! If we could take it a little more To bridge the yawning distance, Opened up to each other our hearts’ door To give friendship a chance, I could find from them some true gem That it would be a loss not to know, But I never care to know their name, The familiar faces I greet with a bow!