[We were given the prompt, “one small thing.”]
one small thing
just look slantwise
for a moment
it can happen that fast–
without warning,
the apparent world turns inside out
a Mobius strip
and no thing remains the same
one small shift
a spiral in fate
unforeseen and blindsiding
yet asked for, too
all known falls away
concepts, beliefs, assurity,
all gone,
never to return
one small twist
and, what now? how shall you live?
can you welcome no meaning
and love what comes?
wild paradox lacks any frame
when you think about it, too vast to hold
so don’t. don’t think about it,
you’ve gone down that torturous trail ten thousand times
one small turn
invited, yet unexpected
sought after, yet surprised
and the world erupts as a one-song-uni-verse
© Amrita Skye Blaine, 2016
Love this! Thank you!
beautiful! v xxx
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Thank you!
My favorite lines:
“you’ve gone down that torturous trail ten thousand times”
“and the world erupts as a one-song-uni-verse”
Amrita, dear friend, thank you for this exquisite expression – we meet in that “one small turn”… I am so loving the way Emptiness is pouring through you; I sense the Great Shift a-shifting. ❤
I love what came out of your free write, Amrita! It makes me want to try my hand at it. I will give it at my next poetry group as a prompt! Thanks for posting!! Love, Arlene
awesome!