Other People

There have been other people in your life

You have had other lovers, so have I

You have talked very sweetly

You have felt very deeply

You have shared many stories

With the ones who came before me

There have been other people in your life

Did you change theirs the way that you changed mine?

And without them, anyhow

Would you be who you are now

And would you even want me

In your life?

But in the greater scheme of things

Just think of all the might-have-beens

There is no you, there is no me

When set against eternity

And jealousy is just an urge

To rule over the universe

It is worthless and destructive

And always counterproductive

There have been other people in your life

You have had other lovers, so have I

And, eh, blah blah blah