Sometimes I Forget (Poem)

nothing in this day is mine, nothing ever mine

I am empty

could not see this today, too full of self

falsely disconnected

everywhere felt strange, everyone a stranger

forgot to bow in wonder, did not smile in thanks

all family everywhere, related to me over and over again

if I could remember to see

let sadness rest a brief cloud of ignorance, not make it the sky

I could hold out a hand to you all the ones of you

open it, give you a heart a flower a bird poised to fly