optical oracle

humidity hangs in the sky

you keep asking yourself why

why this mountain

why this city

why this country

why this planet

did you have a say in any of it

so focused on the uncontrollables

so minuscule of what you can

how upset you get

when something doesn’t go to plan

but you only have a fragment

of decisions that truly matter

the rules are already established

to climb up or down the ladder