Enthralled: Making a Long Story Short

Yearning for inspiration
But receiving only consternation,
Reaching an impasse
And feeling pressed,

Flatter than a dime,
Way too much time
Wasted on nothing much,
Basic living and such,

Hours on the phone
Because of feeling lonesome,
Longing for good news
Or even a few clues!

Seeking some kind of balance
And a new way to use my talents,
Not finding a way,
Merely finding no way,

Maybe no way is best
And everyday miracles do the rest,
Seeing the mundane in the miracles,
The simple as more complicated than calculus;

Then it’s back to buying vegetables
And trying to make my handwriting legible,
Frightened by the ordinary
And unimpressed by the extraordinary,

Trying to see how they’re interlaced,
Getting lost
And wondering what that is
And marveling at being found,

Unable to make anything work
But would be boring if I knew what it was
That gets in the way,
There’d be no more games to play.