contained,

at an initial glance, you might think of tupperware

or prisons

but if you really think of it

what you really see are

locked compartments and

file cabinets

in the nooks and crannies of

your mind

they beckoned to be opened

but you know you cannot

because the key to

those very compartments

and cabinets

does not pay the bills

does not establish you as hierarchy

does not get you recognized

by your parents

but instead those keys

can open

a new wave of happiness

a lingering sense of satisfaction

a glimmer of hope

something that can erase

the blackening of

your inner workings

and the dangerous

"what if’s" you might

ask yourself when turning 81

it can challenge society’s ideal

that science and math aren’t

the only two options

we must think about the keys

we decide to us each day

a lot more

before we forget

which keys are really ours

and

which are not