Approaching the New Year is a time for introspection and reviewing the past. It is also a time to plan the future. I nod to the past with two poems about deja vu. That somewhat eerie subject seemed designed for poems. I wrote two poems at different times and with differing pattern. It demonstrates that the same subject somehow seems slightly different when couched in different style. To top this off I included a poem titled My Resolution. Enjoy
Yet Again
sleeping
deja vu streams
wait beneath calm cortex
erupt at unpredicted times
surreal
then past
events burst forth
yesterday's holograms
penumbra of reality
invade
alone
standing entranced
frozen in time and space
heartbeat the only movement now—
breathe in.
now past
as chill dissolves
piloerection fades
a shiver, a shake, then a laugh
it's gone
Deja vu
What are the rules
that spark déja vu
so memories leave the past
and come back anew?
Can we catch
the chilling of skin,
put it in perspective,
hold its essence within?
Trigger finger of the mind
pulls against current event
and shoots forth a memory
we thought was spent.
My Resolution
Hail New Year Day,
hail resolution,
by month end
they'll reach dissolution.
But don't cry,
steel your constitution,
don't add moisture
and confusion.