You Might Ask Yourself Why

Perpendicular to the day and the 
horizon looks no nearer than the day 
before a yesterday, 
am I moving 
or is this spinning just a symptom of 
something my mind can't touch upon?

If looking inward is the answer and the universe 
spreads before me is this darkness just a sea that I can't see?

when I drop and swallow atoms is it stardust that flows through me 
and are light years truly lighter than the years I carry with me?

It's a circuit and I'm shorting 
getting caught in the minutiae 
where eventuality and I will 
meet head on.

The time lapses delay me on the way 
to self discovery,
but the spark flies ever upward 
perpendicular to the day.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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February 6, 2018 at 2:57 PM
As a free verse writer and lover I have to say yours is some of the best I've read John. Fantastic stuff!
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