lucky

each unborn child including me

had a four percent chance of being born in

america, the nation heir to more than sixty percent of

the world’s wealth. one in twenty of us

would die before age one.

 

in the moment i was born,

the game of advantage was over. i won,

given fortune i didn’t ask for,

didn’t earn, will never deserve.

my entire life is that moment.

 

does the bigger picture fit in a large or small frame?

large. it layers everything that ever was and is and could be

upon itself unevenly. only figures that heavily impacted the world

are visible among newest life.

but small. when contemplated,

very little does matter, unless

everything matters.

 

in my self-centered mindset,

i can only honestly believe that

the world is an empty picture frame, and

my nose is being pushed against the glass.

Reviews

[LeeAnne]

I love it. Really touching. Keep up the good work.

[Different Wings]

wow! i like how it changes and touches a lot of topics while keeping one central theme. once again, congrats on the last lines ;)