When everything changes…
I’m confused about what to do
when things suddenly look like they belong
at the other end of the telescope
Life looked normal
up until this moment
Then it turned into a place
I never expected to be
without blindfolds or vertigo
I always did like the view
from the airplane window
all farmland quilts and cloud wisps
I’m not seeing that now
just lines I can’t read
no matter how many times I blink
The low D may not be enough
to bring me back to earth
where I can see you face to face
It’s going to take some slow, meandering lines
and a few harmonic missteps
to find the cluster of notes
that brings me to the truth
and says how I feel
Then maybe the wrong end of the telescope
won’t mean so much confusion
It’ll be just another language
I’ll learn to speak
when love gives me a reason
(11 October 2019)
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