Thresholds

Addition
 
My father taught me about numbers, 
How to carry forward 
What had grown too large for its column 
Add the 5 to the 7 
Carry forward the 10 
Leaving only a 2. 
It is like that, 
Taking all you've come through, 
Combining everything gathered and lost, 
Add to the sum a little kindness 
For doing the best you could 
With what you knew at the ti…