Just across the street but a world apart

I see people that I know by sight but are blind to their life

We live worlds apart despite walking the same roads

The physical distance is immeasurably close

But the internal connection is remote and distant

Our lives connect and disconnect like freight cars

Without any permanence

We travel the same rail but see different things

Our problems are similar but we don't ask

My eyes are blind to others lives

As they are blind to mine

Oh! What we could learn if we only ask

Problems shared are problems solved

If only we could open our eyes to others lives
They may never close again