It was all here long before
and will all be so much longer after
I know how small I am from the distance
but feel only how large the hurt in any one moment

That one who took my spot
that noise that was too loud
That thing I could not get for mine
that person I saw as but wasn’t

These things will pass
and others will follow
There will be pleasant
there will be not

It is all so much bigger than me
and still I demand
and still I demand