Reid@YWP

because i was exhausted and cranky 
and it was too late in the week to be walking home 
and because texas was threatening to rain all over us, especially me. 

I keep checking 
the places happiness once sat, 

like a pocket 
I’ve already turned inside out. 

Oh, no, I’m not here

For a reason.

It’s an almost comforting thing

The fleck of light of a chance

The infinite things

That had to go right.

If I were a different person

There is a boy 

And there is a girl. 

Their love for each other 

Is so vast 

They would walk 

We live in this world together.

I am but 

One speck in the Universe, 

One piece of the world, 

One person amidst a billion. 

I am just