no wonder!

i was struck yesterday by this absolute notion
smacked me so hard, i got vertigo
and i wonder if i should share something
so frightening and wonderful
and i wonder how i will squeeze it all through words
through some short, negotiable passage
for minds to sift for a treasure it can't even imagine
much less understand

for the truth is this
i am bounded by the unknown like a girdle
and there is no getting out
it is everywhere i look
everywhere my mind can't penetrate
and must rely on its generous imagination
to fill in the blanks
to fill my head with chatter
meaningless chatter, as the mind
professing to understand so convincingly
is really ass-bare behind the curtain
sporting the emperor's new clothes

while dorothy dreams in the poppies
lions and tigers and bears - oh my!
red shoes at the ready
home
just a click away....

but truly, the mystery is a blanket
that can't be shed
i can't even know the eye that looks
much less the eye that sees....