Akeelah Nicholson Poet Free verse

Theory

You know how fast you are?
Fast as a lightning bolt.
Every so the Speed Force.

You know how slow you are?
Slow as a lightning bolt.
Every so the Speed Force.

Where are you?
When are you?

I see you
In my dream;
I see you
In my mind;
I see you
But I see not.
How close yet so far
As I raise this glass to you
So imaginary if I breathe

You are you
But you are them
And they are you.
A theory so weary
I don’t recognize or cantonize.

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Beata Agustin November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.