Feeding

Tell me what you see, said the strange man,
As he led his newest client.
I see a starving boy on the street. He is in need.

Needy?

The strange man went on...
You see him as “needy” because you are “needy.”
If you weren’t, you wouldn’t see him at all,
Just a painting on the wall,
Colors, another face, no name, no introduction.

...When you feed him, you feed yourself.
ˆWhen you pass him by, you pass yourself by.
So should you feed him?
What can he feed you?

Tell me what you see, requested the stranger.
I see the boy eating a burrito.
Are you eating a burrito?
I am full from giving him a burrito.Is he still there? What do you see?

I see a future

Now you see need.