Distance

Focal adjustment helps.

When nothing seemed fitting and right anyway

The once confident feet began to sway

Time and time again the yearning would begin

For all pre-conceived notions had started to spin

In the pale of midnight, I tried to take flight

But my wings were too weak and the stars too bright

So I waited a week till the winter winds blew

Stars were shrouded in clouds and the moon was too

A warm sensation then overcame my being

Fighting to keep these temperatures roaring

Not a thing alive witnessed my wings unfold

As my breath grew quick and my heart grew bold

And soon I was soaring, oh upwards and on

Till the sky was all around, and the ground was gone

And I watched as each object, each person, each place

Became one glowing orb spinning slowly in space

From such unfathomable heights I began to wonder

Would falling be rough, or should I already surrender

And I thought to myself through the eyes of a bird

This life and this earth seem entirely absurd

Then suddenly I felt indescribably small

And wondered if anything mattered at all

Like what people wished for or what people felt

Or whether the icecaps would finally melt

Then I realized after an hour or two 

That things matter because they matter to you

Although what you do won’t change much from up here

It can comfort or crush those you find yourself near

This universe may be enormous and strange

But look close to home there’s much you can change

And now that I know it, That’s just what I’ll do

Informed and enthused by my new point of view

It seems that such questions as grand as existence

Can only be solved from a reasonable distance.

Look close to home there is much you can change.

Capture Credits - Kriti Prabhakar :)

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