for a moment I understood everything
but the most important thing I understood
or at least the one I remember
is that I don’t need to understand everything
–
because
everything can be anything
and anything is fine
–
because
Schrödinger’s cat wasn’t the only cat
(or even a cat)
some cats prefer boxes
and some cats don’t
have you met cats?
let me in, let me out
they want all options, equally, at the same time
that’s why they seem to know a secret
a secret no simple binary device could kill
–
because
some of us like being fine
and some don’t
and we can only do what we most want to do
we have to do what we want
but we can want to want something else
and then we can choose to do what we want instead
–
because
some of us exist
and some of us don’t
and round it goes
we all get to play
we all get to stop playing
everything is in the box
and everything isn’t
–
and it’s all fine
because I want it to be
you might not
you might still want to understand everything
that’s fine too
you will
and you won’t