Impossible to run away from guilt ~ Saturday, July 11, 2026

How did we stumble across this logic

History is neither kind nor unkind
obviously indifferent as a form
witnesses to events remark on things

disappearing as if time would rescind
invitations to inhabit this space
disagree with an electrical storm

weak as sailors longing for a lighthouse
empire does not care for a dead mouse

since when do I know why the caged bird sings
tumble into a rabbit hole, as when
understanding becomes lost without grace
my original face, what does this mean
before my birth, before my conception
lead on by my predecessors, to glean
ever so slowly, thought as deception

against the backdrop of space-time is zen
cut the coarse fabric of this mortal coil
religion cannot save this human race
only compassion and loving-kindness
sweet and conniving is the world, I toil
so long to retrace my steps before mind

thwacks the back of my head, in my disgrace
how I bow low before the emptiness
in this world, things disappear, lost and found
still, some things remain lost, was I unkind

leave me to this puzzle, what logic serves
only, I am so lonely, my cat, gone
given my other cat, what he deserves
in this life, food, shelter, and care, her fawn
coat of fur as clothing, this guilt, unsound

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