Walking Into Yesterday
Just one change
and everything’s different
In reference
the dominoes fall
If the speed of light
were two miles an hour
Would Summer
ever cycle to Fall
If light rays travel
in search of a lens
At a speed
even turtles could pass
At three miles an hour
I’d focus on memory
Walking backward
— into the past
(Dreamsleep: November, 2025)
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Philosophical exploration of time, causality, and memory with abstract conditionals.
Multiple dense hypotheticals packed into ~10 lines; layered conceptual density.
Wistful introspection mixed with curiosity; neither dark nor celebratory.
Questioning tone with rhythmic pauses; contemplative rather than explosive.
Approximately 10 lines; falls in 7-15 range.
Extended conditional metaphors (light as time), domino imagery, backward-walking conceit.
Internal lyric voice with second-person philosophical address; introspective with some universality.
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