i.
The jolt awakens you at 4am:
a minor earthquake
or just the house settling?
does it matter?
you are safe
nothing is broken
your family oblivious, asleep.
can you let go of wondering,
drift back to dreaming?
ii.
where is the line
curiosity crosses
on the way to obsession
where honesty
slouches toward cruelty
iii.
to be honest
in the post-truth era
is to resist
the tyranny of impulse
resist
the longing
for answers
refuse
to speculate
iv.
shifting foundations
tectonic plates
the gaps between them
sleep welcomes the dreamer
in stillness