The Realization that

THINGS

  are not exactly as they were

                                     as when they were routine.

Not good,

               or happy

                               or perfect

              or peaceful

necessarily –

                                                                but routine.

A crack

A                f        i        s        s        u        r        e

Within the normal

Everyday

Standard way of being.

But that one moment

That REALIZATION

Though in itself profoundly minuscule

When measured

                              By the popularly defined

                   Notions

      Of Time.

The IMPACT

 The result

  The FEEL

    Of the moment of

CLARITY

Is enough – To make me curl up in a ball – And hide away – For a second – From all that NOW – And mourn – What will never again be