Stories or ideals
shape expectations on how reality should play out,
often making us less impressed or surprised
depending on our outlook.
Should we ignore this artifice?
Or embrace it as a more interesting alternative to living?
Familiarity stakes its place uninvited.
Remind yourself to acknowledge the expected.
Limited by matter,
we seek something special to capture the meaning of the moment as something more singular than itself.
Never, is less realistic than forever,
almost impossible.
It’s easier to accept different or altered from recognition,
but nothing at all stretches reason to grasp zero as more than a baseline.