Timed Out

i went out there a couple a seconds ago

and nothing was the same

in the blink of a reddened eye

the background melted

into a sea of waning attention

i went out there a couple of minutes ago

the change

was undetectable

and the air

was almost on fire

i went out there a couple of hours ago

nothing had changed

but

it was all so different

something intangible

i went out there a couple of days ago

i embraced the universe

most of it was good

otherwise

other ways

i went out there a couple of weeks ago

they looked at me funny

i forgot to change

after clown school

where the strange

met the ordinary

i went out there a couple of months ago

i caught my reflection

in a nearby window

being new to this

i let it go

i want to free

all the trapped light

i went there a couple of years ago

but they

didn't know me

in this time

or that one

and

for that matter

any other