Closing my eyes

Poetry by Dr. Terrell Neuage © 2025 Adelaide, Australia

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Closing my eyes
I reached into the past
a grab bag of experiences
only to pull out
the same one as yesterday
* was it fate
* is it luck
* will it be my undoing
- Should I run
- Maybe hide
- Stand and cheer
If I did yesterday again
would today then be tomorrow
if so
I will have my eyes open
and choose which experience
to redo
perhaps
the one of when we first met
discarding caution
social norms
running naked
into the future
with no limiting limitations
what a time
we will have
being free again

 

Closing my eyes
I reached into the past
a grab bag of experiences
only to pull out
the same one as yesterday

* was it fate
*
is it luck
*
will it be my undoing

- Should I run
-
Maybe hide
- S
tand and cheer
If I did yesterday again
would today then be tomorrow
if so
I will have my eyes open
and choose which experience
to redo
perhaps
the one of when we first met
discarding caution
social norms
running naked
into the future
with no limiting limitations
what a time
we will have
being free again

Photo/Written: 23-April-16 Innes National Park, South Australia

About Dr. Terrell Neuage

ai has aan interpretation of what I look like at age 77 and I concurDr. Terrell Neuage, (dual citizen USA/Australia) is a South Australian poet, writer, and digital artist known for his evocative poetry and extensive research on conversational analysis in on-line communciations (including communication in the AI era; from sharing information to making sense of it). His best-selling autobiographies; Leaving America (Before the After) & Leaving Australia (after) – exploring life as a hippie, brother in a California Cult (Holy Order of MANS) as Brother Terrell Adsit, Astrolger (40-years) to non-believer, and adventures in Australia, single parent, tofu manufacturer/street artist, China, the USA & fifty+ other countries. From high school drop out at age 16, back to school at age 44 to PhD from the University of South Australia at age 58.

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