you see it in their eyes

you see the look

in soldiers

coming home

from war,

or in the eyes of men

or women

married too long

to the wrong

person.

you see it in the eyes

of the poor,

or the rich.

a look of fear of losing

it all,

or never having much.

you see that look,

in the eyes of

the ill

in the homeless.

those in the bread lines,

the shelter.

the elderly,

the lost, never finding

true home.

true love.

true anything.