"Listen to me!"

It is for this we yearn, yes?

"See me!"

It is for this we yearn, yes?

"I matter!"

It is for this we yearn, yes?

And even those of us–
the published,
the sought after,
the elected, selected, sanctioned–
we all wonder,
at the heart of things–
are we of consequence,
really?

For this we yearn, yes?

Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.