it's alright

drunk guy on a log
dogs laying in the shade
gypsies camped under the tree
the worker takes a break
the Kurdish kids
jump in the water
screaming and laughing
in their underwear
guy sells corn
girl sells water
blue sky above
a cloud lingers
lazily
then moves on
water bubbles somewhere
waves shimmer and ripple
a pod of dolphins
bob up and down
hitching a ride
on the flowing current
an ant carries a leaf
determinedly, forcefully
the smell of cooking meat
the hunger of the poor
the dignity of needing
without pleading
wanting
without asking
a strange and solemn
human connection
of small words
and soft and unsure glances
to offer a cup of tea
is a grand and luxurious gesture
the rich are aloof
with their sunglasses
their eyes can never be seen
they have no
unpremeditated contact
but a little further ahead
birds land and fly
somehow everything connects
somehow there's a balance
somehow
everything is alright