This is Life

Ah life
when you were ready for me
what was I doing
sitting in the dark
thinking this was it
it wasn't all about me
I swore that part was true
you knocked—
not once
or twice
you were insistent
that I answer you
and when I put my hands over my ears
to block you out
block everything out
you sat behind my door
through the night
and into the next morning
you weren't going to leave
until I answered—
did I
this is life
I did.