DIFFERENCE

he built his identity out of differences
like many
he wanted to rise above the crowd
before he settled in a city full of twinkle lights
on the other side of the world
the continent was feared by most
feared out of the absence of knowledge
and nothing else
as he laid his eyes upon the skyline
he shed his former identity
and started to build a new one
by smiling at a passerby
by lending a helping hand
by being nobody but himself
and soon he realized that he once was bitter
measuring who had the highest tower
before thinking about who would inhabit it
he turned a blind eye to those who walked alongside him
to those legs and bodies around him
unknown but connected
by skin
by bone
by marrow
he couldn‘t believe
that he had spent most of his life
thinking in differences
what a waste he thought
what a waste of an existence