Visions.

I've been noticing,
as I walk,
more and more people just
standing and staring.

And I turn to see what
it is
that catches their attention
but there is nothing there.

The first time this happened
I giggled
at the thought
of the person
drifting off
and after another time
I began to think
perhaps a sadness
larger than all of us
had began to creep in
so much so
that one by one
we were all just
stopping
dead
in our track
to stare in idle patience
waiting for the tired
to come in.

But today
when I passed yet another
I perceived an almost imperceptible
smile
on the face of the one who stood
and I realised that they were
seeing something beyond
all this nothing
a something
a further something.

These days
I walk to the coffee shop
every day
hoping to come
to a sudden halt.