Cracked

Francis Rosenfeld
Collected Poems by Francis Rosenfeld
1 min readAug 25, 2019

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There must be a rip somewhere in the space-time continuum

through which a different reality,

eerily similar

but evidently different

seeps through,

reality of which we are made aware through the inconsistency of events as we know them.

Image from the Heal My HeART public art project

The sun rises in the same place and the surroundings seem unchanged,

but the language makes no sense,

turning night into day,

like a Shakespearean commentary

on absurdity distorting the truth.

A different reality,

where neither logic nor kindness exist

and nothing that happens has to follow the laws of cause and effect.

How do you function in a world like that?

Do you know who you are?

If you do that is enough.

The truth doesn’t need white washing.

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