75PoWriMo - IV

context




to understand this moment
you really need to know the backstory
the parade of preceding moments
see the cause,
        and the cause of the cause
the continuous countdown
but the same is true
for every one of those antecedents
until the second second of existence

to appreciate this picture
you really need to see past it
move the margins
see the background,
        and the background to the background
the profuse panorama
but the same is true
for every one of those scenes
until the edge of the edge of everything

stop
        zooming
                   out

the scale of the infinite
reduces the definite
to the infinitesimal
the context to the context to the context to the context
decontextualises the context to the context
until the moment goes missing in the massiveness

start
        zooming
                   in

imply the extrapolation
focus on the features
revel in the reality
relish the now

love every second for being itself




ironically, this poem is far too general and non-specific