Balance

Far away in a distant land, there's these four kids that grew up firm friends. Ambition is the youngest, a bright eyed kid with a numbness where his logic should have been 'cause he was ruled by his hungers. Next there was Pride. Now, Pride walked with a broad stride because he hid from himself his weaknesses. Yeah, people loved being near him, they couldn't tell whether they liked him or feared him. They found his self confidence endearing. Next there was Talent, Talent was beautiful and gallant. She lived for her senses though and not for her sense and so her poor heart was covered in dents. The oldest was Envy. Envy's eyes often seemed empty. She would talk loud in lengthy sentences. She was friendless, sensitive, tall and cold and her eyes were green like your skin when it gets marked by fake gold.

So they grew up and they fell out, they made up and they got drunk, they hung out from sun up to sun and they got done in and they hit the ground running. They looked forward and found something but it all turned to nothing when Pride got with Talent, Envy with Ambition, they forgot how to listen. Things changed, became different. everything was competition. Talent and Pride became bitter. Despised, they got hateful. Sarcastic, dreary and drastic. Yeah they loved each other greatly but their fights were terrible. They raised each other high up on pedistools. They isolated themselves. They stopped speaking to Ambition and Envy, they became distant and unfriendly. That's when Envy got sad and cried plenty. Then indignation roused, she discovered she wanted more than she had found with Ambition, he was always looking but only got what he was given, concerned not with what his hands held but what they could be gripping. He was always chasing, never thought to fill the space in and Envy made him more desperate with very pointed conversation, forcing the comparisons, making him address how every time he promised more she always ended up with less.

And so, in this way, these four firm friends became four fierce forces, heading for that awkward stage that precedes most divorces. Four joint segments or a one body party, just drifted apart and turned nasty. But Pride keeps Envy at bay, Ambition helps Talent become ore than just apparent. Talent will then flourish, this will enable Pride which quells Envy. They should exist side by side 'cause these factors contribute to Balance. Alone, Pride is often Envious of Talents and yeah, many have Ambition but Talent, they haven't and some have Talent and they get Envious of proud Ambition and so, alone, these four friends came to realise that, without the others,they're just a quarter of what they ought to be. Still, everything occurs accordingly. Now when they meet up, conversation seems to float awkwardly so they're just living seperate lives thinking "There used to be more to me."