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“Give me some insight into your words
Break in ‘break it down’ being absolutely literal
Provide me my imagination and spirit
And train wreck my chance, my journey”

Designed to create a twinkle in your eye
My gift to give you is its meaning
Explanation is death and finality
My meaning steals yours and yours another

A lack of understanding is not an end
Thought bubbles may be expected
Cocked heads eventually even out
Search for your own answer and find more

So wrestle if you have to, but don’t give up
A meaning far greater in worth than mine awaits
Because for all it’s worth, each single word
The best poetry never really needs explaining

Everyone thinks they’re a good judge of character. We take note of the things we find most important and we decide who someone is the first moment we meet them. A person’s clothes, friends, political opinions, occupation, demeanor and even the car they drive play part.

Most of us don’t believe in mind readers yet believe we know what others are thinking at any given moment. The interpreting of intentions is probably one of the biggest crimes we commit against other people, but its second nature.

We all have friends and family we seem to know so well yet sometimes we question whether anyone truly knows US. Why do we assign different levels of complexity to each other? Aren’t we all moved for the same reasons?

It’s easy to wonder if the criteria we use to judge others is just as much an indication of who WE are. Colored cloth doesn’t gauge a person’s gravity, although I must admit a car can determine their speed. Then again, we might factor in compensation.

To know someone, I believe a good judge IS required, but the method in which someone judges makes all the difference. It’s the baseline we use to measure others which counts and that baseline must be in all situations, ourselves.

Being that as it may, it’s probably best to always keep in mind that the vast majority of us don’t know ourselves completely. We think we do, but it’s hard to expect we all spend the proper amount of time reflecting accurately and objectively about our thoughts and actions.

If what I’m saying is true, and you’ll have to judge for yourselves, let’s all set a solid foundation and try to see each other for what we really are. Let the non-essential bullshit fall away to reveal the underbelly, be awed by simple beauties and nurture what’s left over.

That’s how to know someone.