Sonder

Have you ever noticed
When you pass by someone new
You haven't seen them before
But they feel connected to you
You're close enough to touch them
But that's not what you do
Rather you just watch them
And imagine what
They've lived through

You get a strong sensation
They have dreams just like
Your own
And that they fight their battles
Both familiar and unknown
A bond between two people
While the world accelerates
Links you in this moment
And brings you to this state

Of sonder
Sonder
An empathy with strangers
Makes you grasp
That though the moment will pass
Sonder
Sonder
Let's you see there's beauty
In the ordinary

People who surround you
Aren't just background characters
Rather they have found you
And relate, though don't compare
None of us are center
But all of us are rare
We're weaved into this fabric
That makes layers we all wear

Each passerby have stories
We can try to visualize
Equally important
But some more than they realize
Apart, but yet together
You're absorbed by your own stare
They walk by in silence
Without knowing that you share

A moment
Of sonder
An empathy with strangers
Makes you grasp
That though the moment will pass
Sonder
Sonder
Let's you see
There's beauty
In the ordinary

The day might come
When you walk there alone
Feeling unimportant to everyone
But someone might be
Looking at you
And get a sense of sonder
While noticing you
They'll look behind
The layers you wear
And wonder which life journey
Brought you here
And what you think
Is nothing to them
Is exactly what makes them Comprehend

This moment
Of sonder
Their empathy with you
Will make them grasp
That though the moment will pass
Sonder
Sonder
Let's them see
There's beauty
Though you might feel Ordinary

There is beauty
In the ordinary