that’s correct, person

i think like most people

in that i make the mistake

that most people think

as mistaken as i

*

you need to know

you are not you

but a sum of others

who care about your cares

who love your loves

and who feel as you feel

when they are not cared or loved

by others like you

*

the modern dilemma is that

you want to hear

that you can do it

without having to

want to hear

it done

*

to those who worry about me

i want to tell you

to not worry

though i’ll admit

the possibility of your absence

worries me

*

what you get when you don’t get what

is you

a trombone cut from a trumpet

a being who wants to do more than be

a realization that sometimes you can’t

for borne is death

but know what what entails:

if it is not your funeral

celebrate

that it is an other’s

and if it is

celebrate

that it is not an other’s

*

the wave travels thousand of miles

building and building

only to find land

already built

and unbreakable