Even on both sides:
Maybe we have the wrong idea of balance.
Well, maybe just me.
Concerned, making sure each gets exactly six cheerios.
What if one needs seven, two needs five?
If twelve cheerios are eaten, is that balance enough?
[questions, questions]
Balance is [maybe] looking at the person,
their moment when they declare, “Alas. I am full.”
Like most “things” in life [love, forgiveness, art, friendship] balance is a verb. It’s not one moment mirrors another. [how banal]
It’s the state of being where the tumultuous cannot knock you:
down is the ground and you are already grounded.
Mary's One Hundred 