Momentous

We have parted ways with time

Or time has parted ways with us

For the seasons here don't change

As if we had willingly foregone springs

Settled for yearlong, dark, cold winters

We did not ask for the certainty of slavery

To replace the uncertainty of freedom

This day looks like other days when

The destination is only vaguely known

And there is no one to ask where it is

Because it is not clear what it looks like

This moment when you do not know

Where you want to go, this moment

When you do not want to go anywhere

This moment when there is no distance

Between yesterday and tomorrow or

Between you and me, this moment

Is the moment is the momentous moment.