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I Am Unknown

Just another face in the crowd.
Most people are written off by each other rapidly. Skim the surface and get moving. Who cares what's behind someone else's walls or mask? Who cares what someone else [i]thinks[/i] is there? They tend to be wrong anyway. (Because they don't care to see past the surface)

Every now and then, though, don't you make eye contact with that one person who you can tell in an instant [i]knows[/i]. They know everyone when they see them. Everything is clear to that person, unhindered by preconceptions or belief systems . They don't need to try to read someone. They already know.

I can't tell if I think that person is "danger" or "safer." I can only see that this person is separate/different from the rest of us.

The world moves on around me and I rejoin it after making the split second assessment. I'm just a face in the crowd. That's what I [i]want[/i] to be. Maybe that person with the clarity in their eyes saw that that's all there is with me.
lasergraph · 70-79, M
The crowd is full of those faceless people, scurrying to and fro, heading somewhere that we can't know. Secrets hidden behind the black face they place to protect them. There are but a few he can peer behind that mask.
SW-User
I wonder if the people like that are able to see past masks because [i]they[/i] aren't hiding behind a mask of their own. There's no mask impeding their vision.@lasergraph
lasergraph · 70-79, M
@SW-User Maybe they have had enough mask of their own they just have better understanding of them.
StevetheSleeve · 31-35, M
I know you're not talking about me, because you rejected my instant assessment of you. Even though I was right, damnit. lol
SW-User
No. I can't see your eyes. 😆 I have to see a person's eyes. Your post reminded me of someone though. @StevetheSleeve

 
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