Did You See? Poem by Ibrahim Bidu

Were you there when the sun rose?
Did you miss the yellow glow?
The color of pure gold
Or so I was told
If you must know:

Did you miss the green grass,
And the flowers court, flirt and dance?
What about the sway of trees
At the nudge and caress of the wind
And the grasshoppers and crickets sing for free?

On the street did you see
Your long lost friend’s big smile
As you hurriedly bid him goodbye
Wondering if it’s a soft loan he’s after this time

On the bus did you see,
The child, the coo and the gleam
And the big toothy smile
As fidgeted and squirmed
To get your supposedly expensive suit out of the way
To avoid dirt and crease

In the office did you see,
The colleague struggling to catch your eye
In order to give you a clue
That would give you a breakthrough
As you rushed by to avoid for sure
What you thought would be idle chitchat

Ask yourself brother
How many such small things
And more you missed
Which would have given you some ease
In your otherwise drab and robotic existence!