Shades of Gray

I show you a blue sky
but cannot know
if the blue you see
is the same as for me.

This light might not shine as bright
this birdsong not sound as soft.

I give to you this piece of fruit
but is it as sweet for you?

I cannot know.

Side by side we stand
and watch the world
in a blur move past
but the story you tell
is not the same as mine.

What seems black and white
is often shades of gray
tinted by a world
we cannot know.

© Michele Markley 2011