Gipetto had to slice Pinocchio’s heartstrings
   to understand the reality of survival
some strings are broken on their own
   others must be to ensure resilience
      and agency

  Each stage in life
propels a massive ball of possibly
   from a trebuchet so grand
      it puts the one in Lord of Rings
  to pure shame
   there was a reel on Instagram
which compared individuals
   and their tethers to us
based on the topography
    of a tree

One blink,
   disguised as a wink
dissipates into the mist
    abandonment complete
  what could potentially bind
      at first
proves cataclysmic toward
    the exit toward stage left
         permanently

Wind blown strands of hair
     flow into the zephyr
  transparent walls
     masque the intent
        chaos forges
              peace