Is It Just Me?

I have this quiet thought
that everyone else
was given something

a way of seeing
a set of instructions
I somehow missed

They move through things
with a kind of ease
not perfect
but practiced

as if they know
what matters

I keep waiting
for the moment
it becomes clear

what I’m supposed to understand

Instead there are only guesses
small decisions
made without certainty

and the feeling
that I am behind

So I watch people

how quickly they answer
how rarely they hesitate

and I wonder

are they sure

or just better
at continuing

without knowing

Because sometimes
if you look long enough

there’s a pause
a flicker

like someone
checking their place

in a book
they never finished

And I think

maybe it isn’t
that I’m the only one

maybe this is it

for all of us

moving forward
as if we understand

and quietly asking

is it just me?