PEACE POEM 3

TO YOU  by WALT WHITMAN

STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you
    not speak to me?
And why should I not speak to you?

Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist.  Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.