December 31, 2022
The Passersby
By Epimaco Densing III
Every single day
As the sun rises
Encounters we have
With assorted people, sweet and joyful
Some may be true
Others will make you blue
No choice, you'll be together
'Til the sunlight's vitamin D
Disappears altogether
As the mid-day emerges
Like passersby they're gone
The truer ones stay but not
Every moment of the day
Then a new set will arrive
Some will treat you wrong
While others will make you strong
Times there will
Only rumors they want
But most will listen
As true friends will bear
When evening arrives
Some people in the day
Re-appears in the night, unexpectedly
Under the moonlight
With you they'll twit
As the darkness passes
A new dawn breaks
The passersby return
Renewed with unwavering faith.
