People

Old and young alike,

Gays and straight,

Happy and sad,

Arrogant and nice,

Poor in spirit, rich in love.

Those with beating hearts, those who breathe.

Those who wander, those who are lost.

Those who climb, those who fall.

Those who dream, those who don't.

Those who love, those who truly love.

Two things I always notice about meeting people;

The depth and mystery when I look into their eyes.

And their thirst for words and poetry.

And how one speaks passionately about it.

I think you have those, in any form, in any language.

Then I start to notice more things,

Your eyes are blue, green, and grey.

They're like a mixture of truth that will never be told,

Of lies that people around you are scared to hear.

Of hope and all other beautiful things you're dealing with.

Of riddles so difficult, no one dares to solve it.

Of freedom, that is lived differently here.

Of sunshine, and the rain that ruins it.

Of reflections of each and everyone of us.

Of hidden opinions that is yours to keep,

Of decisions, that you alone could answer.

I wonder if they could detect a genuine smile.

They are a pretty nice thing to stare into, to dive into,

and swim beneath them.

Languages are a beautiful thing.

I have always been amazed how it all works.

One planet and gazillion tongues after,

we were all born.

You, with many spoken languages, and reading this message.

It's just something that I really find very interesting.

I hope to write as fluent as this in Deutsch.

I have this thing for writing letters since I was young.

To my friends, to strangers, to my familie, to random people, to the ones who matter.

Most of them are unsent, forgotten, burnt.

Through the years, I have learned to keep them and eventually send them.

Because as of this moment, it is what I am briefly thinking about.

It is so comforting that I just have to put it into words.

Must be nice reading this years from now.

I am a brave one in the world of written words.

I fell down the stairs and my right foot hurts so bad.

I failed the test and I am slightly questioning why.

I am under the influence of pain relievers as I type these words. 

-E