stars & wishes & addi(c)tion by subtraction

the larger the ability

to effect change,

to do good

the larger the ability

to create chaos,

A K A bad.

How do you balance

the good with the bad?

How do you know

which side to be on

when everything is more

connected & complicated

than it seems

?

when the villains have

a backstory

and

2+2 doesn’t always

equal four…

sometimes even

our own subconscious

Fucks us up.

Brings us into

our worst

unrealized fears

and then

leaves behind

fear of

knowing over

not knowing.

Insanity is to

try to find

the sides of

good & bad,

it doesn’t

add up; it doesn’t

create a clear picture.

there are some times

where you must stop

for the night

that turns into a week

that becomes a year.

It’s okay to take the time.

Just heed

time’s warning

that it doesn’t stay, s t i l l.

Distant and fading fast,

watching you go

with my arm outstretched

I feel time start

to restart

and rearrange

and the

picture

change.

Just heed

time’s warning

that you won’t stay still.

Clear as day

without them,

we are just as we’ve

always been.

Not equaling 4.

But also not quite

equaling anything.

Complete

as a 1, complete

on a half–

Complete? is a myth.

Just as a shadow is

the absence of light–

yet a light

is needed

for the shadow to

exist.