Sonder

I look out my window

wonder about all 

the other people

living out there.

Sounds selfish

but it feels like

I’m the only one

who matters.

I think that’s because

I can only see into

my mind

not the mind

of others.

I sometimes forget

that there are

other people

living lives

just like me.

I forget they experience

                      Love

                          Happiness

                                   Joy

                                      Grief

                                          Sorrow and

                                                    Pain.

                                                    I now realize

  we are all connected

by that one thin

little red string

that ties our fates 

together

intertwines our lives

into others

making us remember

that we aren’t

the only ones

out there.