bet

Through the flat screen, someone I barely knew typed out,  
"You can chase a million reasons why not,
but all you need is one reason that says yes."  
Such a simple truth, like we've all been trained to live in shadows,  
as if letting in light means it’ll flicker out someday.  
But no—one reason is enough to set the whole thing ablaze,  
one risk, one spark, and the future could hold a hundred more,  
lighting up the whole damn sky.

We’ve been fed this story, right?  
That darkness is the default,  
that it's safer to stick with the gloom,  
to let the stars stay dim,  
because who knows when they’ll burn out?

You can sit and count the reasons not to leap—  
the pitfalls, the what-ifs, the cracks in the road.  
Or you can find that single, defiant "yes,"  
the one that makes the whole thing worth it.

We’re always taught to be cautious,  
to weigh every risk, to hedge every bet.  
But no one tells you that one "yes"  
can be louder than a thousand "no’s."  
It’s the match in your hand,  
waiting to set the world on fire.