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Commentary: Everything Is Difficult But Also Good Enough

I’m all over the place. I mean, like, more than usual. I think it’s time for a new Commentary.

You think it was a regular thing / You remember it being a tradition

But then, steepness is relative / to where you’re standing / and how tall you are

I remember it / clear and cloudless as the skies / that were always blue in those days

Flutter, black flag / in the light breeze / Tremble / fade to every shade / in none

What if I could get / higher / What if I can / if I try / What if I don’t

ancient abandoned server room from a previous technologically-advanced civilization which has mysteriously disappeared except for one quirky robot

These lines were meant to trace / a map we all could follow

moon sounds

Don’t try to fall asleep / just rest your body / and rest will come / when it’s meant to