I found beauty in watching people when they didn’t know it

Peeping through apartment windows with the blinds drawn open

There was something so moving in the actions of a person who didn’t feel like they

had to put a show on for someone

From the way their eyes would light up when gazing at something they adored

To the way their bones would collapse when they felt the fingertips of a loved one

on their skin

The world is so focused on having to put on a perfect display for those around to

watch

Yet no one seems to focus on the mundane things in life that could be so beautiful

when looked at through a new set of eyes

Like how chipped paint hints at the fact that your apartment has been loved for

many years before

Or those nights when you gaze out into a city-lit sky

Wondering how in the hell you ended up where you are today

And knowing that you’re connected to millions of people around you

yet you don’t even know how.