You're Not So Important

I need your at times, presently But you're not so important to me You're not the air that I breathe continually You're not the water that I drink daily You're not the food that I eat three times a day Stop acting as if you're indispensable I am forced to tell it to you like it is Take it easy one day at a time please Life has plenty of surprised. Be reasonable And be sensitive at times to others' feelings The dog barks, the cat meows and the bird sings They're all experts in their fields and doing their things Be humble, be practical and have a lot of understandings You're important to me, if you behave humanely If you're kind, respectful, gentle, and very friendly I can go and on but I decided be easy on you this time By the way, don't laugh; you owe me a shiny dime. Copyright © June 2019, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved. Hébert Logerie is the author of numerous books of poetry.