Carrying all the wounds in my smile

A shadow lost in the night

I, like you, reader, I am just a mortal.

I, like you, poet, I am a gatherer of dreams and ideals.

I, like you, writer, I am a dreamer.

I, like you, painter, I put colors on paper and turn them into words.

I'm like you, sculptor, I long for perfection and precision.

I, just like you, kiddo, I live to feel joy.

I dream like you, mother/father, to take care of my loved ones.

And yet...

I am like a lover: lost in illusions, living as an immortal who dreams of death, full of hopes destroyed by past moments, as an idealist without ideas.

Like a child who enjoys sadness. Just like a painter and sculptor without canvas and tools. Like a poet or a writer without sheets.

I'm like a shadow... lost in the night.