Moss on my Brick Wall

Count it to ten
Take a step back
Loop it around
Inches, by the dime

Tap, focus now
Backwards and count
Try it again
Don't mess up this time

How simple is the math that we
Learned to understand

It is in fact, abstract, can't wrap
It around my head

This is just the way we know
This is just the way we understand the ebb and flow
Numerics jab into the mind

Une, deux, trois

This is just the way we grow
This is just the way we add it and see it plateau
You have tried it all

Take your time

Focus now and simplify
Add, subtract, and do it right

Multiply it, take away
Quarter, half, it's muddled now

This is just the way we show
Our intelligence, the limits that we let forgo
Take your time, and count it out

Une, deux, trois

This is just the way we grow
This is just the way we add it and see it plateau
You have tried it all

So do it right