Seeing People

When I think of people
I see their body but no face.
Where there should be features
Is a smooth, blank circle
For me, faces don’t make a person.
What does is their thoughts, feelings and habits. All the little things that
Their soul has laid claim for its own.  

For some people
It’s the things that only
They would say.
For others it’s how they act
And what they do.
Some are associated with
How they make me smile
How no matter how I feel
They can make me laugh
Until my face hurts
Until I physically can’t laugh anymore.  

For some it’s how they listen
And empathise.
Those who know when
And how to talk.
What’s wrong and what’s right.  

Mostly I see people
For how much I love them.
The more I love them the brighter
They shine in my mind
And some people will shine forever.