Outward Signs

We exist
eyes in heads
bouncing and rolling
like so many beach balls
ping-ponging
in the currents of sight
blowing
through the mind-tunnels
of the night.
   Riding trains
of thought,
we try to possess
the unpossessible.
   In and out of darkness
sparks of hope glimmer
in the secret chamber
that we think
cannot be found
by so-called strangers
who, likewise hoping,
hide diamonds
in transparent mines.

"We" by Bill Buchman in "Suite For Modern Man"