Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

the voice inside my head
surprises me at times with gifts,
and it can be so utterly original
I've learned to pay attention

clues to understanding significant patterns
come from a place I know nothing about
but they very much seem intended for only me,
they are philosophical phrases I have never heard

I know I should repeat them aloud as mantras
over and over and over again
until one day when unsuspectedly I can say
Aha....this is that missing puzzle piece

from the rectangular grid lying on the kitchen table
haha, all along I thought I'd been ripped off
by the manufacturers through a terrible omission
in packaging......But, I never gave up

I didn't really use that table there much anyway

a moment of understanding! What a gift

 
thought I'd bought a defective under-counter light
because it flickered whenever I jostled the cord -
turns out I hadn't plugged it in securely enough...

thought my credit card might have been hacked -
just forgot about the MathType software I'd bought...

thought I'd lost my car keys -
'til I checked the pocket of my raincoat...

better to be vigilant & wrong
than blissfully complacent, I guess

 

judih and roy, always wonderful to hear your takes......