Michael keens both tricks and traps
Michael hears the pealing bells
Michael sidesteps crafty webs
Michael strums his subtle chords
Clara keens and hears and steps
Clara plucks but plays tone deaf
Clara sometimes shades her view
Clara seeks a perfect fit
Jill sees what she wants to see
Jill hears music in the breeze
Jill follows rules and pretty lights
Jill dances, laughs and smiles bright
Zed crafts his world from still and dark
Zed may lead but won’t enlist
Zed minds not his Ps and Qs
Zed marches to his arcane rules
John wends his way on lonely roads
John leaves no trail in sand or snow
John asks “why?” from time to time
John hears “because” from earth and sky
Michael fears for Clara’s eyes
Michael thinks that Jill is blind
Michael ponders what Zed sees
Michael sees John through a fog
Clara runs at Michael’s pace
Clara idly walks with Jill
Clara thinks Zed’s lost his mind
Clara’s not sure where John is
Jill thinks Michael’s “one of us”
Jill envies Clara’s flair and grace
Jill calls Zed a “silly goose”
Jill doesn’t know a “John”
Zed likes Michael warily
Zed likes Clara too
Zed thinks Jill’s a lot of fun
Zed tells John his truth
John answers Michael “yes” and “no”
John notes Clara’s disdain
John rarely gets a nod from Jill
John whiles with Zed in dream
Michael thinks himself a god
Clara says “that’s how life is”
Jill peers in her looking glass
Zed doubts that he exists