We Are Not All

We are not
All created equal
In features or qualities
Talents or limitations
Vulnerabilities nor strengths
Visions or actions
Decisions or judgments
Acceptance or rage

But yet…
We so often believe
Others should know
What we are thinking
What we might need
How their comments or actions
Effect us
And trivialize our lives
When we expect
Others to think like us

What we value
May be of different values
Culturally,
Emotionally,
Intellectually,
Physically,
Spiritually
Playfully
And yet we hold a mirror
To others
Reflecting what we would do

How do we know
What others really know
How they understand the world
Where they see themselves
How they view us
What they feel is nurturing
Or kindness or
Even boundaries
Or enabling

When we are gracious
To give it our best
Only to receive
Indifference
Or defense
Or judgment
Maybe we are simply being
Grandiose
In assuming
Receipt in full
Of masterful reciprocation

Where will we go
If we hold all others
To the same light
Thinking in unanimous fractions
Of drone soldiers
Carbon copied replicas
Of the narcissistic brightness
Of ourselves
Eternally streaming
With tears of unending disappointment
Aghast with how the universe
Is not a tight fitting puzzle.