I don’t see him.
But I can feel him.
I am aware
Of his existence.
I am changed by him.
When I interact with him,
I sense that it he real.
How can I be sure
That he is not
A delusion?
How can I be sure
That he is not a lie?
I must trust my own perceptions,
My own intuition,
My own reality.
After all,
When you reduce life
To what it’s all about,
Where we get its meaning,
That is really
All we have to rely on.
What is true for me
May not be true for you.
My reality
May not be your reality,
And that’s okay.
We just accept it,
And move on.
Why dwell on our doubts?
Why question
What, for us,
Seems so real,
Just because
It is not real
For someone else?
We don’t have to
Prove ourselves
To anyone.
We don’t have to
Compare ourselves
To each other at all.
We just need to
Love each other
For exactly who
We present ourselves to be.
I am who I say I am,
As far as you are concerned.
Let’s just move on.
Very well said, my friend.
Thanks, Patricia