Unaware.

I watch people everyday walking by, riding by. Looking so uncomfortable and unsure in their own skin. They are so aware of their presence and their surroundings..... That they become completely unaware of their surroundings.


If people took single moments to actually listen or look around, things could be completely different. Instead the spend copious amounts of time staring at the ground to avoid eye contact with strangers' eyes. They walk slowly as to not upset the steamed lines in their suits and skirts. They are too busy staring at their own reflections in shop windows, to see the eyes that stare back at them. Thinking if they just walk straight, eyes down, fingers tips parallel to their body, they can cross streets undetected.

They choose less than to participate in life, and even less too living it. But they walk on calmy unsurely, unaware of the slightest.

I understand in the career driven world, we are expected to wear suits. But when was it decided that we must also wear masks. I find people trying their hardest to keep from looking me in the eye.

Conversations become mindless dribble that pours forth effortlessly from people's faces, with no true intention for depth. It's become more and more difficult to communicate with people.

I'm not sure how I am supposed to speak to people now, maybe we should start wearing post it's on our foreheads. That way when we are busy staring at the ground.... Onlookers can just read our emotional output on neon green squares.

May sometime, somewhere down the line, you could look me in the face, ask me a genuine question, actually listen and stop staring at the ground. I'm sure the day you do that..... The crick in your neck will disappear.