Intangibles

Intensities
belie the breeze
although, suppose no forming storm:

intangibles
electrify
imply this night
shall not resemble evenings past

- take note how fast
the stars retreat
as birds give instincts wings
aware
some harbinger lurks in the air
whispering to those who scare

"Take Flight."

"Beware."

And those who run
from those who stay:

what might it matter anyway
were this nothing you outpace
but rather something one must face

if not now
eventually

if not here
where you will be

encountered
unavoidably

however ready
unrehearsed

to learn at last
all truths come first

regardless if
they take a while

and the best
(despite the worst)
you may do right

now

is smile

and wonder
until dawn
(or drawn)

just

how.




Intangibles © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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Submitted: June 30, 2019









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