Attention Must Be Paid

Attention must be paid– to the everyday to the helplessness we feel we pay to the tone in the goodbyes we say to the things for which we do not pray to the way we leave and the reasons we stay. It must be paid. Attention must be paid– to the norm to the calm within the storm to the nooks our fleeting daydreams swarm to the anxieties we do not form to the time it takes our judgments to warm. It must be paid. Attention must be paid– to disgrace to the challenges we do not face to the thoughts we neglect to erase to every memory we ever replaced to the people that vanished with a trace. It must be paid. Attention must be paid. It must be paid. The collectors are ringing and the debt is weighed. Attention must be paid.