People

I find it interesting how a life is defined by the people one encounters
How thoughts one might have, were placed there by another brain
How feelings one may have, are directly related to someone else's

People pass you by every single day
Some stay forever, whether you like it or not
Other just run through, leaving a part of them behind
A dozen have known you since kindergarten, though wouldn't name your last name even upon torture
Then there is a handful you bond within a day and remember for an eternity
There are too those people who you could never picture your life without
Those few whose laughs, sorrows and loves are deeply connected to your own
The ones who first knew your ambitions, your first times, your disappointments...
They all leave a mark.

Although everyone is completely alone in this world
We are all made of bits and pieces of everyone around us
Whether real or fiction, whether lasting or temporary
These people made me who I am today
And for that, I gracefully thank them.