IT'S ALL IN THE PRONOUNS

 

When I entered the world I entered as an I…and soon I was able to see

to MY great satisfaction…how the world revolved around ME.

How easy it was to make people comply…with MY unspoken intentions…

because all I had to do was cry…to get their full attention.

I suppose it has to do with how fast time unfurls…because shortly I was shown

that there are other people in the world…that I was not alone.

I imagine it wasn’t easy for ME…learning I was no longer the only gem…

and that most of the time I was awake…I had to share my time…with THEM.

I imagine since I did not understand…I probably thought it a little unfair

but that was the moment I started to grow…when I first learned how to share.

From the moment I began to share…I also began to see

MY world was made up of THEM and THEIR…not just of I…and ME.

In fact the moment I started thinking of  YOU…is when I began to thrive

knowing I needed YOU…and YOU needed ME….in order to survive.

Happiness doesn’t always come easy…which is why I eventually came to see

If happiness is what I wanted…I had to stop thinking of ME.

For I will have highs and lows in MY life in whatever I say and do… 

but the best way for ME to find happiness 

is when I share these highs and lows…with YOU.

Yes, happiness can be found in OUR pronouns

in every second, of every minute of every hour…

It begins the moment when I and ME AND MINE

evolve to YOU and US…and OURS.