If You Were Not Here

If You Were Not Here

What if you were not here?

There would be one less view of the world—

the view that only you can see.

One less color.

One less sound.

One less melody in the great song of this world.

And somewhere,

a tiny hole would open in the Earth.

So small that no one might notice.

But a sphere with even the smallest hole

is no longer quite a sphere.

That is why you matter.

Not because you have to be someone extraordinary.

Not because you have to change the world.

But simply because

**there is a view of this world

that exists only because you are here.**

There is a sound

that belongs only to you.

And without you,

the world would be missing

something it can never replace.

So—

you matter.

You.