8.15.2022

i can hear the flickering

of the film 
a constant tick ticking
becoming a muted organic flutter
in this heart and belly
the memories on a screen
watching the characters
so familiar
what stories are they going
tell me your wisdom
is learning from the past
lives trapped behind a screen
and safely distant from
what an exceptional 
who was that kid?

I can picture you
balanced, beaming smile 
and those glowing warm eyes
unencumbered by what waits
the future is her home
what kind of gifts are 
the lessons unlearned by them
so that we know their shape 
a silhouette of what should’ve 
i’ve been there
or near there

your there is yours and mine is mine.

 aches just the same, but different
shadows are hard
what casts those 
borders of light and dark
your eyes adjust eventually
you don’t even realize
the difference between light
shadows only exist 
in each, sometimes more comfortable 
we don’t really choose
the heavens move of their own

what accord
is there harmony to be had
does the resonance become
less trill closer
nearer to thee I cannot 
hear the droning
thrumming of an eternity’s
past, present, and future
until
we flip a switch
and finally, 
the show’s beginning
lights and life flickering into 
something was no longer 
is 
this a story i’ve 
lived before?

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