Flight 268

International airport.

Waiting for my flight home

in a terminal filled with strangers Ill never get to know.

Weaving through one another, we chase the blue concourse signs

And with our cell phones and the daily news we draw our boundary lines.

The possibilities float like ghosts in this waiting room of idle hearts.

Dont be polite, just be real.

I want to know how you feel.

I want to find out who you are.

Youll never know the things youve missed

if you contemplate but never try,

To scale the walls outside your soul where even the bravest hide.

The chance is yours for the taking, and everything depends on

This transient moment that could turn strangers into friends.

The possibilities fill the air like a song played from far away.

Full of stories, hopes, dreams,

and laced with insecurity, scars, and pain.

The possibilities float like ghosts

And theyre haunting my every thought.

So please tell me all your stories.

You can show me your scars.

And well celebrate just being here

And being who we are.

Of all the love of all the friends

of all the things that could have been

If we had only let them in.

Well never know the things weve missed if we never try

To let down our guard and let out who we are inside.