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I saw someone today
Worn down and tired
Carrying a burden only I could see
I looked and looked and looked
And he stared right back at me
Unblinking, uncaring
I'd heard his eyes were blue but that's not what I saw
They were made of despair
I'd heard his hair was bronze but that's not what I saw
It was made of misery
I'd heard his skin was gold but that's not what I saw
It was made of bitterness
I asked him
“Who are you? What happened to you?”
His silence conveyed everything