Simplification

He was a simple man

with simple ideas

that rattled loosely

in a simple mind.

I was not

a simple enough find.

Thus, his simple mind

sought out to simplify.

In this equation,

I was neither x nor y,

not quadratic in function

a sum of parts

he just couldn’t divide.

Instead of changing

the formula to make

his understanding multiply,

he subtracted my value

till I was nullified.

Now in this grand scheme of numbers,

a new factor takes me in

to his parenthetical persuasion,

making both of our values increase

on an unending basis

towards plot lines uncharted

by any known wavelength.

He unlike the denominator before,

understands fully well

that a person’s worth

is not to be negated -

that a fraction of a person

cannot be done away with.

For together, we can become a solution

beyond known mathematical phrases -

leaving the absolutes behind

with the graphs others have made for us.