Existentialism
Existentialism
What if this is reality but I am out of time?
Perhaps my step is syncopated with the other marching drones
and I am Zen and with the moment or perhaps I missed a beat
could I be disjoint and dislocate from the moment we are in
Were I as little as two hours behind would
my reality be wholly appropriate?
Take pause, consider the consequence
if the rest of the world were ahead
a mere two hours would be enough
to profoundly make a difference.
Why that would mean that only this morn
I was wholly indiscreet
I exposed myself in public
my shower was on the street!
I sang like Pavarotti well, with
enthusiasm if not the skill
what must those passersby have thought?
“This madman will take a chill!”
Am I now wrapped up so tight
and safe in padded cell?
Think of your life were you two hours out
what did you do today?
When you made fun of the boss at lunch
was it actually with your friends in keeping
or was it instead his 10 o'clock meeting,
do you still have a job at all?
How many wholly inappropriate acts
are only OK because of their timing.
I think I can be confident
of what is actually real
and what it is that exists
but sometimes I absurdly worry
about WHEN it actually is.
©T.Arnold
Copyright © Tim Arnold | Year Posted 2017
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