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There Must Be, But I Don’t See It!

The sullen crowd methodically moves down the aisles,
Through the otherworldly vestibule and out the enchanted doorway.
I stand before the ranks of silent pews,
I contemplate the fervor of ideas swelling within my head.
The nooks and crannies of this space overwhelm the expanse.
My world takes on an unexpected focus.
It’s not upside down, it’s inside out. But where am I?
Looking in or looking out? The oppression of this change
Weights me, lifts me, intimidates me, and challenges me.
There’s a gauntlet here, somewhere waiting to be found.

There must be!

That is the way it is with the unknowable,
It happens for an unknowable reason.
Unknowable reasons still evoke a response.
There must be something I’m supposed to be doing.

But I don’t see it!

The sullen crowd methodically moves down the aisles,
Through the otherworldly vestibule and out the enchanted doorway.
I stand before the ranks of silent pews,
I contemplate the fervor of ideas swelling within my head.
The nooks and crannies of this space overwhelm the expanse.
My world takes on an unexpected focus.
It’s not upside down, it’s inside out. But where am I?
Looking in or looking out? The oppression of this change
Weights me, lifts me, intimidates me, and challenges me.
There’s a gauntlet here, somewhere waiting to be found.

There must be!

That is the way it is with the unknowable,
It happens for an unknowable reason.
Unknowable reasons still evoke a response.
There must be something I’m supposed to be doing.

But I don’t see it!

Jeffrey L. H. Naylor's avatar

By Jeffrey L. H. Naylor

Retired Professor of Literary Criticism/Philosophy/History. Retired USAR Lieutenant Colonel. Father of six.

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