the multiverse theory

People are so concerned with themselves
no one cares how they hurt others
everyone is too obsessed with their own world
to ever notice anyone elses’.

We speak of multiverses as if it’s some sci-fi theory
yet it exists in front of our very eyes
each person lives their own creation
yours, slightly different than mine.

How much more enriched we’d be
if we simply took the time to celebrate one another
to really appreciate each world and
the multitudes they contain.

Instead we are obsessed with making sure our own worlds get noticed.
Notice me! Notice me!
we scream into the ether
failing to hear everyone screaming around us.

We are doomed by our own petulant selfishness
to miss out on so much depth
to have the chance to feel understood, less alone
all for some self-preservation, that doesn’t exist.

Eventually we are returned to an eternal slumber
snuffing out the light of our universe within
lost forever to a world
that doesn’t even being to know what they’ve lost.