Look outside ourselves often

using information to help defend

the easy route.

Though there are those

certainly content

satisfied without needing

to validate themselves

when they stand next to another

there seems a disconnect

one stands with confidence

the other envies certainly

confidence.

When our society begins

to respond to one another

in a genuine arena

in a sincere venue

without judgment

we can then

realize our lives

are all drawn together

all interwoven

having little to do

with cultural mores

and far more response

to the human condition.

For isn’t that always what we wonder

how can we be found in the same design

as that man with confidence

that woman with panache

how might we decide

our lives

begin

together in agreement.