People

I've been from there to here

And from place to place

The only thing I've learned

Is that people are the same

I've seen anger and hatred

Jealousy and theft

I've seen romance and sadness

And people left bereft

I've been frightened and fragile

And felt strong when riled

I've held poisonous creatures,

That wriggled and writhed

I've met those who can't see

and some who would soon die

I've fallen farther than one should

And survived it all through

I've spoke to those who can't read

And they have knowledge too

For one thing I've learnt is

That I cannot be grouped

And neither can you

I've rested on beaches shored white

And walked roads of cobble stone

Trespassed the homes where villains lie

From the river it's just a throw

I've dipped in estuaries

And cycled along ravines

I've looked into the deep

And reflected on things I'd seen

I've been the forest

I've set fires in one too

Because the simple truth is,

you cannot predict

What a person will do

I've been over and around

Trodden up and down

Raced across stretches

And laughed along with the wretches

I've graced tables

And hosts

And enjoyed a few

But not most

I've had my fair share of toasts

And enough bread like blood has been broke

I've met many who thought that they know

And some who simply see

For when I rode east

And sailed back west

One thing has struck me

More than all the rest

It was true when I climbed north

And enforced as I crawled south

And saw the pits of snakes

Struggling to get out

That wherever you lie

And whatever you say

However you eat

And to whomever you pray,

There's not a lot that joins us

But we all share the day

Remember, all humans are similar

But no two people are the same.