It Does Matter

a poem by Devi Nangrani

Matter
Is in me, it is in you.
It is in the core of all,
That is living and non-living.
But,
When matter hits matter,
It is the living that is hurt,
By living or the non living,
But,
When the non-living is hit,
It doesn’t matter, for it is not hurt.
But,
It does matter.
One needs to know the difference?
Matter is matter.
One is hurt and the other is not.
Why? Why?
It does matter.