Twenty people gather in a room that is not a room,
Twenty faces in twenty rooms in twenty different places.
Twenty individuals creating different worlds of wonder,
A world filled with questions that do not need answering,
A world where words have meaning in a sea of nonsensical.
There is so much to unpack in the words of wise people.
Love, laughter, life
Sad, somber
Cynical
Deep, depressed, depravity
Value, virtue
Purity
Contributing to the endless conversation of being a writer,
Pictures upon pictures, stories upon stories,
Words lead to stories that lead to images.
Images of monkeys having fun and doing what monkeys do,
Images of penguins looking happy and waddling in snow,
Images of penguins looking happy and waddling in snow,
Even when no words are said, there is still a sound,
The sound of laughter, light conversation and connection.
The sound of drums, pianos, and guitars,
Creating an orchestra of epic proportions.
All packed in this room, that is not a room,
With twenty people.
-Alejandro Barton-Negreiros