Afterwards

Sailboat returning to yacht harbor after 'summertime' Wednesday evening race.

Santa Cruz, California

Afterwards

5/22/10

Whether it's a vacation,

or interlude from routine,

there's the inevitable return

to one's mundane life

though usually something's different,

most often shift occurred

within way of perceiving

ourself, others, and world,

where new information colors

any number of beliefs,

some enliven old potential

while many 'truths' dull

when seen beyond revelation,

epiphany, even lack of,

so it becomes challenge

as gauntlet thrown down

demanding that we adjust,

evolve, integrate virgin thoughts

that organically arise afterwards.