Cookies to Constellations

I miss when everything used to be simple

when everyone got a cookie

and we didn't have to worry 

about if there was one less

But I did,

because what if another guest came to the tea party?

eventually they told me

but by then it was too late

cause' I was already wondering 

what the answer would be 

if it was -8 and not positive

but when they at last explained 

I was on to the next thing

further and farther away

reaching toward the sky

until cookies turned into letters

and weird greek symbols

Things were never simple

but chocolate chips became stars

and 8 became ∞ 

but maybe,

someday

we can go back

Because as we stare at the constellations,

wondering how they got there

we hold cookies in our hands

wondering how we got here