A Bump
May 24, 2009 in Poetry
Walking along, in a busy life,
with every moment crammed
full of obligations, busyness and plans.
Then the life you are in
hits a bump.
A strange feeling, an odd sensation,
as though everything around was still going at full tilt.
Maybe it takes seconds, maybe hours, maybe more
before the full impact of the crash finally penetrates.
It’s a curious moment, almost as if you’re outside looking in.
What is my life now; what has it become?
Not at all what I thought.
Everything that felt essential dissipates like a mist or a fog.
Perhaps as they say, time stops,
and gives an odd, strangulated moment to look around
to take stock, and wonder why all those little things
that felt so important
have in an instant just melted away.








