Take It
That terrifying plausibility
Of imminent human propinquity
Seems an overwhelming idea when I
Lost in a mirror I cannot deny
Wonder if this moment happens to be
That moment in which this happens to me
I think I want it but then I fear it
But then I never really came near it
Except maybe now which scares me somehow
More than I thought I would ever allow
Myself to admit to myself alone
Let alone letting anyone hear it
Is this some sort of existential test
If I exist and if there are such things
Meant to muddle my mind or to clear it
Troubling my waters through troublesome springs
Which are after all more lonely than fall?
Would that it could appeal more than appall
If the opportunity arises
That moment in which this happens to me
To take life along with its surprises
To whatever outcome happens to be
Scripted for me or else is randomly
As I am in a random universe
I will take it then: for better or worse
+Steven Curtis Lance
Copyright MMIX
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we're concerned. Of course, maybe it's just me. -gene.