What’s Best? (Reprise) | The Feelings Arc
What’s best?
No one knows what’s best,
It changes depending on person and context
And even then—
How can we know what’s truly best?
Or even that what we think is best is really the best there is?
We can’t
And even then—
Who’s it best for?
For the victor or the victim,
The giver or the taker,
For both, everybody, one, or nobody
We don’t know
And even then—
We measure ourselves and each other to standards set as best,
But if more than one person exhibits these behaviours, who can we classify as the best?
How can we rally behind one person and leave the other in the dust without knowing who is best?
We can’t
And even then—
How is it best?
For the long run, the big picture
Or in the short run, the present?
We don’t know
And even then—
What’s best?
No one knows what’s best,
It changes depending on person and context
And even then—
—What is best?
— Astraea L. Skylar
