equal

you are not invisible to the air
because you are impermanent to the tides
you do not go unwatched over by the stars
because you are not awake at night

you are not the least special of specials
or the most mundane of mundanes
because you do not relent your secrets
or mask your dawn-shone eyes with pain

you are not forgotten by the era
because a clock will measure time
and find you've lived in longer meters
threading unimportant lines

you were not buried, you were seeded
to lighten the burden of ushering sky
you are a long-forgotten equal
of all stardust, love, and life.