Escape
Escape
Escape
by David Brey
Do you have the time?I only have a moment.In fact this moment is all we have.And I’ll spend mine whiling away the time, in search of or in deep pursuit, of distraction and escape. But what if I stayed here? What if I kept looking and focused my attention on to and into this present moment? What if instead of looking away, I tried to stay in this here and now?What would happen if I tried to not escape?If instead I chained myself to the present moment and did not allow myself to be pulled away from this split second of direct experienceAnd I rode the crest of the present moment, gliding back and forth along the edge of this instant and I gave little thought to what had come before, and I decided not to care about what might come after and I did not. leave. and I would not. let go. and I held your hand And you said “I can’t go on.”
And I said “Stay with me now.”
And you just held on.And you saw it too.______________.
And I said “Stay with me now.”
And you just held on.And you saw it too.______________.
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Featured in our February 2022 issue, "Escape"