Foreigner

Friends and family stand by your side, for better or for worse.

But the thing is, sometimes you need an outsider: a vagrant yet beautifully irrelevant perspective.

To make all that had seemed likewise hopelessly irrelevant to you--relevant. And hopeful. 

Sometimes you need that lightning bolt shock of revelation. (sorry, religion is inapplicable here)

Maybe shock isn't the most apt word. After all, these things you saw irrevocably beyond your reach, were at your fingertips all along.

Its a jolt. Zing. Wowee. Tingle. Shiver. Slap. Caress. Flick.

Its someone with foreign skin, touching your life and changing it forever.

Thank you.