Pros and Cons List

Every night, me, my diary,

and my ten-rupee pen;

we draw a line,

between what we should

and what we can.

Pretty looking stars can destroy us,

but they’ve got a duty to follow:

to show a path,

and to be there,

no matter what.

I like to think

they make a pros-and-cons list,

just like I do,

of whether I should do this,

and whether I want to do this.

That wanting

is stripped, 

denuded of emotion,

FACTS!

laid bare to the logical mind,

where it doesn’t matter what I want,

or what I like—

and once again

all that’s left

is the compromise

you make with yourself.

~AS, 2025

backstory:

I can say making a pros and cons list is the best management tool I've learnt in my AI class, whatever you're thinking about, a thing you should do, or something you should buy, a decision you should make, it can help you solve anything in moments. The problem arises when you're making a decision about the matters of the heart, here a small pro might be A LOT bigger than those many cons you write on the list, but in the battle of facts there is no place for emotions and that's what the poem is about.