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What was the best compliment you’ve received?

People have called me weird,

eccentric…

and I accepted it

as a compliment.

Some called me romantic,

honest…

you can guess where that came from.

And when the relationship ended,

I became the most boring,

most unloyal person

in their book.

Funny…

how the same mouth

changes the meaning of a man.

Sometimes…

lashes,

sometimes flashes,

wake me up

to a new dimension of reality.

Sometimes I become a hook

on a fishing rod,

my job is simple…

to catch something.

And when I catch nothing,

they call me a crook.

But that’s okay.

I cannot participate

in battles

people are fighting

inside their own minds.

Once, an elderly woman

I met on the way

said I looked meek,

like her son.

So I went “moo”…

became a cow for a minute. 

And suddenly,

people said,

“he’s so good… as a cow.”

Just grazing,

no drama,

no harm.

Some say

I have no common sense.

Some say

I’m intelligent like Einstein.

Relativity…

feels like my relatives.

They visit,

stay,

and leave remarks

on things

they never understood.

Once in school,

the teacher asked,

“Who do you want to be?”

Doctor.

Engineer.

Pilot.

My turn came.

I said,

“I want to be human.”

They laughed.

“So… you are an animal now?”

And I…

took it

as the greatest compliment.

Because maybe,

before becoming anything else…

we must first

become human.

And if I am still walking

from four legs

to two…

I am happy.

I am getting there.