you (wonderful you)

When I walk out in front of traffic
and feel all those thousand radial tires
moving across my body
at an unconscious rate
of miles per hour,
or when I decide
to take that plunge
down from that blurry height
from whichever height I stand
when you're below me
please look on me
and notice where my body
ends and the street begins
notice how it is hard to
differentiate the two --
that's what I see
when I see
the universe in you
I see all your body parts
strewn across the avenue of everything,
embedded in the pavement,
giving it your color,
or whatever you have to offer
and what you offer
is more than just a stain
a smudge, a smear, or a memory
what you offer is your life
and all those countless quantum particles
that make up your life --
you (wonderful you)