We are all
out here
picking our poisons,
thinking we know them,
thinking we own them.
The illusion of control
is a powerful weapon.
If we never see the walls,
we’ll never test them.
Maybe out of habit,
out of our minds,
or out of options.
We run out of choices,
but keep on creating.
New and more completely
insane angles.
Approaching the same problem
over and over.
We all think that we
would recognize evil,
even if that evil is our own.
I’m afraid to say,
it isn’t that easy.
The devil’s in whose skin
still seems their own.
We all have choices.
HG – 2019
