Change
Change
Is never just one thing
Not when what changes
Is intrinsically attached
To so many other things
People, to places, to emotions
Ideas and concepts
You knock one brick out
And the rest fall
It’s never just one thing
Change
It could be one note
Part of a melody
But what does that do
To the harmony
What also changes
In the structure
And in the chord
So follows the emotion
It’s never just one thing
Change
Just one decision
A whole new place
A different person
A new idea
To new memories
To a new you
To a great many things
Both good and bad
It’s never just one thing
Change
From love to apathy
From contentment to distress
From security to hopelessness
From me or you
It’s a great responsibility
To change a person’s understanding
Of what the human experience is
To change them forever
It’s never just one thing
Change
But express care
Because change
Could also mean freedom
From all expectation
And you deserve that
And so should all others
And so you can be
A catalyst for self love
And that too, is never just one thing
A poem by Simma Hem