People may wonder
about your story —
That is the way of things in this world

People may speculate,
may use their conclusions
to readjust their sense
of how things stand.
People may wonder, or they may not

In any case, know that,
whatever they conclude,
it has nothing to do with you.
Whatever construct they may form
will be related far more to their own story
than to yours (accuracy being irrelevant
to the art of shoring up positions)

Some people may speculate,
Others will reach out —
that is something different:
Take their hands — in that connection
there is something real.

©Wendy Mulhern
November 12, 2015