The world has a way

Of making you feel so

Small,

Filled with awe and wonder

At the quiet hugeness

Of it all.

Mountains. Lakes. Deserts.

Oceans. Forests. Rivers.

Earth.

People have a way

Of making you feel so

Small,

Filled with envy and bitterness

At the inequity

Of it all.

Greedy, entitled, selfish,

Heartbroken, angry, lost

People.

But one by one,

Bit by bit,

We have the ability

To see each other,

To be seen,

To sit together

In awe and wonder

At the quiet hugeness

Of it all

And share a little love.

We have the ability

To turn to each other

And say, I see you,

And you matter.

The difference we can make

For each other

Really isn’t that

Small

At all.