Self Remember
When Life on Earth reminds you:
Of a theater performance
that you have performed a thousand and one times
Of wearing shoes
that belong to someone else
Of living in Africa
surrounded with immense wealth – but starving
Of trying to reach and never managing 'cause the goal is invisible
Of circling endlessly day after day
and reaching the same bloody useless spot over and over
Of words that are never said
'cause the moment got lost in an explosion of self-importance
Of a hand that longs for a hand-shake
in a land where all creatures have four feet
Of a life of a battery grown chick
that ate its feet thinking they are food
Of a homeless child's face
that is searching for his family just after Tsunami
SELF-REMEMBER
Stop
To hear the clatter of cutlery just before lunch carefully prepared by a grandma
waiting for the reunion of her family
Stop
To breathe the air that smells of jasmine in early spring and disappears in the eyes of a 6 year old that tells you she is in-love
Stop
To touch the fur of a cat that keeps coming to you no matter how long you've been away
Stop
To see the balcony of the 18th century building you pass by unnoticed on your way to work
Stop
To see the faces in a crowded bus reading their stories one by one
Stop
To watch the sea as it greets the land
in an endless rubbing of noses
Stop
to Self-Remember
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