the measure of you

we are measured 

and weighed

from birth and in

all the days in between,

until death.

our height, our weight,

the pounds

we are.

the length and size

of us.

shirts and shoes.

pants and hats.

we are measured in other ways

too.

our grades.

the way we speak, 

the way we work.

the money made.

what school?

and yet the most important

measure of all

is how we were loved

and gave love,

lost in the measuring,

somewhat ignored.