this and that

seeing and believing

believing but grieving

grieving the regretting

regretting and begetting

getting and fretting

fretting but forgetting

forgetting and forgoing

forgoin' causes slowin'

slowing the growing

but growing the knowing

knowing the feeling

feeling and reeling

reeling and stealing

steeling and peeling all of my

shpeeling.

Jostled into awakening

Flip upside down
and watch everything fall from your pockets
all the stuff you stored in there when you were living in the future
and making your assumptions of what you'd need.

Turn things over
and uncover the mess that has been waiting there
unattended.

Capsize
and feel the threat of moving into murky waters
unfamiliar, unpredictable.

Inverted
catch a glimpse of a view you've never seen before
the light dances differently here
and is surprisingly lovely.

Which way is up? down?
How can we root into the sky? expand into the earth?