REALITY

*photo from Visitors Center at the Carl Sandburg Estate in Flat Rock , North Carolina

I’m looking for resolution

To the mystery of reality

Does it reside outside or inside of me

Which one is real?

The starkness of it all

Scares my inner soul

And it hides from what might otherwise answer what calls me to interact with but sketches of great ones

Who themselves venture not far from the truth

In search of me

And I’m begging you

Begging you

Decide

Which one is real?

Reality

True me

Set me free

Set me free

Enlighten me

From my misery!

tom tenbrunsel

Carl Sandburg Writer 2023

Author’s Notes: There is an inner and outer reality, often differing in content and explanation. At times juxtaposed, one sets you free. The other often hidden from reality. Should they ever meld, what then? What, who, where, when will I be?

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