i can't be a grain of sand
waiting for a wave to sweep me,
or a piano key
hoping for a finger to press me.
i want my
slightness and silence
to be seen and heard,
even when i'm one of so many,
even when i'm not a sweet chord
that plays and echos off the walls.
i want to be embraced
like a wave and a finger
without having to be
washed away or played.
to know that existing
is enough to be
one of so many,
and a sweet chord that
echos off the wall,
even when no one is listening.
i want to be everything at once
and nothing at all.
