even the score

Why,
must I,
always even the score?
If there’s a different count,
it must be an ‘equal amount’,
there can be ‘no less’
and
there can be ‘no more’.

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What a bunch of crap.
Am I some small minded,
insecure sap?
or a petulant spoiled child?
Why ever would I get so riled?

I’ve had enough!
of mediating the numbers
and wasting precious time.
In competition,
any relationship encumbers,
and lays waste on the vine.

And although,
it may seem
a perfectly human thing
to do and feel,
its only when,
I start to illumine,
only then,
can I, start to heal.