stranger's eyes

you ever notice that when you look into a stranger's eyes,
they avert their gaze?
why?
they search for a hiding place,
they fumble, their eyes go everywhere,
but to your eyes...
it's as tho' it's all they can do to hide -
hide their failures and insecurities.
as tho' ashamed that what they wished to be in their youth faded...
that they somehow let it fail...
i purposely seek that one strong someone
to look back at me-hold my gaze.
i know it may bother some...it may be
bothersome...
but, it's worth it to meet that one strong gaze
that one undeniable, unfaltering look into another's soul that when looking back...
looks just like mine...