“Diminished”

Chyrel J. Jackson

I’m definitely checking you out. Just watching,

saying very little, mostly observing the shift in paradigm of your complicated mindset.

Trying to figure out exactly where it all

went so wrong.

When did I fall from the center of your universe?

          Was it all of a sudden that my value declined, lessened, decreased; just simply

          diminished?

Yes I’m still quietly and silently observing you,

and I have reached a few conclusions of my own.

Your shift in mindset is not of my lacking.

You see, your waning interest has everything to

          do with your less than impressive place in my world.

You simply are not as significant to me as you once were.

          There is definitely a change in paradigm.

Lately, I have discovered the change is mine.

                                               

cjj