What If

I want to stop the world. Not freeze the spin. I want to critique inertia Still the blind momentum. Interrupt the cycle of noise, The pull of distraction, The serpent of deception. To stop the world Is to reclaim your attention. Not just mine, It’s ours. Like a constructed Mandela effect I jump and I land, And the grass beneath me bends. But imagine— If we all jumped at once? We could shake mountains, Build ladders, Rewire thought stations, And touch heaven. We could finally separate The poor from the hopeless. We could, Unpause, as we please Not by wealth— But by will. By love, or illusion. If 25 cents is half an hour How much can I buy with debt? And change needs time. Yet we keep filling Other people’s time Just to feed ourselves. The Pope lost the Ark. The sun and moon now rule time. They cut the legs off our ladders And built moats around the mountains. But if you jumped with me. We could start earthquakes. A global fast. A universal dream. A moment of divine absurdity. A means to a mend, Not an end, Amen,