You speak of change constantly. Like Flux capacitors are sold in stores. Trying to mend past and future selves. Trusting that they might collide on a single scope. And STOP. Is this pleasing. Easing into planned mediocrity. Dancing to tunes with broken strings. Laughing at hardship. Hoping it's seen as resilience. Then wake to cold sweat in the night. Running from a dreamscape. To escape. But still commemorate thought. Making the real. Less. Than.. ... I step on forgotten land mines. In my mind. Creating a backdraft of emotion. Spent years putting out these flames. And even longer letting the brush burn. Is control then the illusion. Or am I just. Constantly. Waking.