when in doubt

i do this almost every day

wave

at someone i don't know

and it's amazing

that they wave right back

with a nervous

and sometimes gently curious

and sometimes

 (but more rarely)

a slight edge of thrill to their body language

that we cross the invisible barrier

of know you / know you not

on a regular basis

reminds us all that

we are simply souls

in bodies

with strange and circuitous journeys to make

and that perhaps

we should honour

each other's presence

by the simplest 

and least affecting of means

on a regular basis

just to clear the cobwebs 

and the rusty bits

out of the system