walking through a pattern

walking through a pattern
Dawnings — Nicholas Hooper

Dawnings

walking through a pattern

By Nicholas Hooper

walking through a pattern
waking and seeing a shape
is this the day? you ask
but then a light makes a reflection
and on the floor you note
a feeling you left behind
yesterday

is this backwards? you ask
but still walking forwards
in this maze of stripes
a zig zag line takes you
downhill to a blank door
set in nothing but air
and opening it, you find
you are here

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