The book, Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach, is one of my go to books. It is quirky and flows against ideas espoused by mainstream religion. It is also one of those books that makes you think about what is being said. It is quite short and written in a style that both flows and is set apart from other books. 

I return to it often when I need grounding.

The following poem was one of the ideas expressed in his follow up book, A Bridge Across Forever. I took it and expanded on it.  It struck me as something that is quite true.

Makes Us So Special

Nobody knows the me you know

And nobody knows the you I know

We are two separate people

Captured in a moment

Defined only by our presence 

No one can know

What we have discussed

The paths it has taken to get from there to here

The give and take that reflect only the you I see

It’s a shame other people don't know what they are missing

But then again that’s what make you, and us, so special