waterlogged august - issue 2 - it's time

it’s Time
 
stand guard
 
the price of a look, tenfold
 
fix and/or affix yourself
to these riddles
 
            that
 
you will never have
or know          
the answers to.
 
 
just around the corner
you recognize someone
in someone else
then it disappears—
a thing you cannot name
 
turn now,
say                  h               e        l        l      o...
 
to
 
flashes of recognition
flashes of hindrance
            stampedes of doubt—
of rushing strain,
come(turning)now,
it’s time you go
home
    to it.