Monday, October 1, 2018

If Only to Believe


Tis the season. Daylight dwindles with
each passing day. Grasses are green yet
growing less and less. Out of earshot,

the ice caps are quietly melting. Beyond
sight and sound changes routinely abound.
One day mimics the rest, and the subtitles

are often too numerous to detect. Just
because we did not hear the branch crack
in the wind, did not see the flee on the

dog doesn’t mean the possibility never
was. A malignant cancer is detected too
late and fate is determined before a treat-

ment could be applied. A lie is still a lie
even though the fool should firmly believe.
The Earth is turning beneath our feet, my

friends, and our grasp of reality seems firm
as concrete. A blind man sees only that
which he is imagining.

Chris Hanch 10-1-18

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