"Straight Lines to Infinity that Never Intersect" - Feb 9 2023

 

“Straight Lines to Infinity that Never Intersect”

Feb 9 2023

In a parallel universe

things start the same

and turn out differently.

While down here on earth

it's the reverse,

rarely agreeing about the past

but finding ourselves together

in the here and now.

A point of convergence

that for a brief moment, at least

has the weight of reality.

That is, until the moment has passed

and it becomes history,

at least as we remember it;

forgetting

reinventing

and embellishing

as a good story-teller does;

no two versions

alike.

And the future, of course

is even more uncertain.

So why not “a” instead of “the”?

Why the singular

when there are multitudes

of possibility?

“A” future,

that may — or may not — come true.

So if you disagree.

If you feel alone.

If the possibilities

overwhelm you,

you aren't the only one

living with uncertainty

in your own parallel universe.

We all inhabit one,

occasionally intersecting

but most often diverging

from everyone else.

Marooned

in an ever-succeeding present

all by ourselves.