The Crowd

The crowd can be an unruly mass or
worshippers attending mass,
a mob intent on destruction
or a multitude open to receive...
to receive incongruous loaves and fishes,
words of wisdom, food bank commodities,
tickets to a rock festival, free candy.
A bad crowd, a congealed coterie,
a gang, a clique, a queue, a crew.
A crowd can be mean or filled with love,
can make you feel a part or apart,
included or isolated, loved or loathed.
A crowd is people, and if you are a part
you make the crowd what you are
or become what it is
or leave.

Photograph by Michael Gold