The Ballad of No one:

It's been so long since I heard your voice,

That sweet tone that never fails to enchant me,

Your words seem so humble yet so strong,

Like the sight of a thousand doves that have been set free.



When I walk alone I see your ghost standing beside me,

The nights are long and the air is so cold,

Hunger and sleep evade me.



My life once colorful seems so gray,

That beautiful rainbow has been swept away.

The grass seems neither green nor brown,

And my heart fears silence in which it will eventually drown.



The winds blow lightly as I sit by the sea,

Carrying your whispers into the night,

And in the silence, my heart weeps,

As time slips away and out of sight.



I watch young lovers sit together in arms,

As they graze the meadows of life,

I feel neither anger nor envy,

As I ponder over my plight.



Each breath I take, hurts my soul,

The shadow of loneliness clings on,

And in this darkness I seem to crawl,

Towards the one that was once my own.

You look different!!!

I've lost count of the number of times I've heard that line from people and not for once have I been able to decode what the hell they mean by it. It doesn't make sense ! Imagine you're walking down the street and all of a sudden one of your friends pops out of nowhere (which some people have a talent of doing) and tells you : 'You look different!'. How would you react?

The statement seems so incomplete and you cant even make out the emotion that is attached to it! Most of the time I end up asking myself questions. Lets say someone comes up to me and tells me: 'Hey, You look different!' , my first reaction would be to ask myself what the hell is wrong with me this time! Its like you are on a game show and you have to sort of guess what they mean by the phrase - like have I put on weight?, Do I look stupid?, Do I look High?, Have I finally got that tanned look that I always wanted? Or has my butt finally grown to its adult proportion?! Ok! I'd like to use one of my life lines now!

Well, after being on the receiving end of this horrible comment on numerous occasions, I have realized that its very hard to say what people mean by it! Some people actually know why they think you look different and they say it to you (in most cases its not gonna be something you'd be looking forward to hear) but usually the people who say it have no clue why they said it and so they make up something to complaint about (we're all good at complaining aren't we! ?).

If someone comes up and tells me that this is a method to promote constructive criticism, well then thats the day I am gonna get my hockey stick ready! So if you ever plan on using this useless phrase again make sure that you know what it is that you want to say!

And if you really don't know what to say, then its best that you say nothing at all!