WHERE WE SIMPLY MEET

I have old friends I no longer know.

And I have people around me to whom I have to explain myself maybe six times just to be understood. Explain. Retell the story. Explain again. Because with them, it feels necessary.

And then there are people who can understand in a single moment. No need to explain anything. I am just here, and hey. We can simply exist together. (My cats know this, too.)

Call it peace, call it something else, but I started to believe this is the kind of connection I am looking for. I do not need to give you endless information to be with you, and I do not need to keep explaining myself. We do not spend our time talking about other people either. We do not distract ourselves constantly..

We simply meet each other there.