Escheresque
You
are
walking
up these stairs
s
i
d
e
w
a
y
s
but your were not moving
upward or left
or right
here
suddenly
flipside
floor into door
walls to windows
onward through your eyes
there up is outward
descending endlessly
where down's
around
by backward rails
to open yards
all ways forwarding
below or behind
upending
ascent
ahead
of yourself
exiting no exit but
entrancing entrance
returning ever to yourself
as always being
and not been
turned
in reversions
turning
recursive
excursions
turnabout face
to
be
seen
relatively
in this anyplace
when you may see
yourselves at one time
taking many enigmatic steps
out of nowheres beyond anything.
Escheresque © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
View this poem at AllPoetry.com
Inspired by Escher's Relativity. Challenge prompt link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2723956-Wrap-Your-Head-Around-This
Submitted: May 1, 2019