vibe check

vibe check
stop.
do you feel that?
look around, are you dreaming?
are you awake? look, it’s a whole world;
it’s a new world, it’s the same world.
our world is magical.
stop.
do you see that?
feel that disconnect, the reconnect, the redirection;
the revision, you’re seeing again.
look harder, no, look softly;
don’t look at the hard facts.
look at the feeling, it crumbles under inspection.
what is that you feel?
there’s something there, don’t worry.
those aren’t dreams, those are nightmares, and
we’re dreaming, don’t worry.
there’s something there, it’s wonder.
do you wonder? do you wonder,
what happened
to wonder?
so often, we get caught up in the hard facts, the hard reality,
sharp edges slice at that feeling, we never get that feeling
anymore. do you wish for some, any, more of that feeling?
do you miss that feeling?
you’re so focused on the future, trying to sharpen out the blurry lines.
be present, gifted with the softness of the moment.
don’t try to feel the moment, you’ll ruin it.
just feel it.
you feel so found, you know the path, you carved the path from the mist.
the mist makes shapes, you don’t watch them anymore.
why can’t we just be
lost in the moment
instead of finding our future?
is it magical right now?
are you thinking right now?
are you asking questions?
blindly following?
they whisper in your ears,
they warn against getting lost,
they insist you always search for meaning.
what happened?
why don’t we wonder anymore?
why don’t we just…
stop.