Wake Up

Sometimes you wake up and you just know

there are people in your life that you keep there for no reason.

Or, more accurately, people you keep there because they have always been there.

And if you remove them, there will be a nasty little clean spot around which the dust settled.

And that spot will remind you of how long it has been since an inventory of your well-being has been taken.

Sometimes, you wake  up and you just know

there are people in your life you have taken for granted.

They have always been there, despite your neglect and nonchalance.

And you can move them to the places where you have just been dusting.

And even if they do not quite fit, their spot will remind you of how far you have come since the last time you awakened.