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AMBIGUITY
A glance, a word, a movement
An email, a text, a joke
Volatility lurks at every corner of communication
Could he mean this?
Did she mean that?
Did they want this?
Do they prefer that?
The lines are blurry
The path foggy
The connection spotty
Each unsure what the other means
Yet each afraid of questions that seem -
Stupid, rude, unnecessary
Over the fog some yell
Shouting over and over again
Repeating, repeating, repeating
A hundred words of the same meaning
Then there are some
Walking through a fog
Bumping into each other
Smiling as each recognise
The same uncertainty
Asking "How do you do?"
As the other speaks in Latin
Yet a bond builds
Reading not from the lips
But from the heart
Hearing not from the ears
But from compassion
Seeing not from the eyes
But from understanding
The fog clears
As two hands meet
In mutual greeting
Not of Minds
But of Souls
