the speck

once upon a time a long time ago

there was a small speck of dust

that thought he was a planet

he floated happily through the air

this way and that, to and fro

never doubting himself

never worrying and never

having bad thoughts

he was so small and light

in real life

that he never touched

the ground or shelves

or rails or window sills

he just floated innocently

ignorant of the immense world

of a universe around him

one day as he floated delicately

he floated his way into a sunbeam

and to his shock and amazement

he was surrounded by other planets

way bigger than him

way faster and more

beautiful and colorful than him

but they could not float like him

feel like him

be like him

or be happy like him

they were all attached to other

specks and dusty complications that

made them fall to the floor

in a heap of dusty meat

unable to float at all

he did his best to avoid the others

to always float care free

not to fall or stumble in the air

he tried hard to be himself

unique

however the speck learned

within a few seconds

attraction is unavoidable

and some day too he will

fall to the floor with all those

beautiful dusty planets

linking arms and smiles

all part of a huge dusty universe

inseperable and connected

like those shiny things in the sky

he realised all that floating

was just a state of mind