Gratitude 4 : World Wide

A tribute to all people from different cultures around the world who have shared their time with me and chosen to be my friend.

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World Wide

You look different from me

You are half a decade older

You are double my size.

Your skin is forty shades lighter,

Your culture shockingly liberal to me

Your life, in my opinion, a mess --

And yet when I first spoke to you

I thought you were friend material.

I am a rule-follower, a nerd.

To your protest-mongering rebel

I am orthodox, prejudiced,

Not to mention unbelievably tiny.

My English is strange,

Full of expressions you've never heard,

And my clothes make no sense to you--

But you thought we were similar.

I am an only child, you have siblings;

I am multilingual, you are dyslexic;

My Mom loves me, yours is dead;

I like fiction, you read essays;

I like chocolate... which you like as well.

And when we talk about everything

Or sometimes about stupid nothings

Only the chocolate matters.

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The poem borrows bits from different online friends and acquaintances. Anyone see yourself in here?