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I'm self conscious about the letter I.

I want. I need. I feel. I think.

Signifying me, my body, my thoughts, my actions, my opinions.

Tall and narrow, it stands alone on the page, demanding attention.

No I in team, no I in group, no I in collaboration.

It has no natural pairing, no friends, like us or we or they.

These words care for their elements.

A sense of harmony, togetherness and compassion exists in their connotations as well as in their appearance.

I is always capitalized.

Ego centric. The most important letter in the phrase.

When I leads the line, it is clear who craves an audience, needs to be heard.

When describing a state of being, I'll take the possessive.

I'm, I'll, I'd.

Other letters are discarded, eliminated in the face of I.

I'm self conscious about the letter I

Because when it trips off my tongue,

the world knows how selfish I am.