Reality

"Reality is merely an illusion,
albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein



Reality
by denny

I sit and ponder, wondering
about the life I lead
full of the human passions and
daily preoccupations, actions
which I somehow consider meaningful, yet
still unsure about my place
in the greater scheme of things
upon which I seem to have
little to no effect at all.
Momentarily, lost in my thoughts,
I drift as if caught between
two parallel universes, released
from the daily noise and chatter,
spellbound by the utter silence
of light filtering through the leaves
of a nearby tree, enraptured, then
suddenly returned, as if tethered
to my prior existence, having glimpsed
for just a moment in time,
an altered reality of things,
having been forever changed,
if only so slightly.