i know i'm not alone*

the camera pointed out the car window somewhere in gaza and captured the young girl's smile and reticent look her hand on the glass of the window rolled down just enough how deeply her eyes saw into my heart even though she was not looking at me nothing more than bits of electrons in the stream yet a vastness expanded between us and what filled the void was the simple question "is she still alive?"







*Michael Franti film "i know i'm not alone"