Scenes from the Journey: The Unpredictable

Sunday, March 24, 2019

In the ideal world

all things will be unpredictable.

Imagine the freedom of not knowing the outcome.

During the sleepless nights

that come with age

there will be no planning:

not of wardrobe choices

not of meals

not of stories to write—

for why (how to) plan when nothing is predictable?

Cause and effect,

those mainstays of conventional wisdom,

will simply vanish as a concept.

All actions and events will be unexpected.

No longer reserved for birthday parties,

the shouts of "Surprise!" will echo

from the mountains,

babble in the flowing brooks,

tumble cheerfully from the throat

of the cardinal.

And the haunting spectre of security

that deludes us

will disappear into the mist,

leaving us free.

Scenes from the Journey