*

i felt a clearing in my mind

as if my brain had split;

i tried to match it, seam by seam,

but could not make them fit.

*

the thought behind i strove to join

unto the thought before,

but sequence

ravelled out of reach

like balls (of yarn)

upon a floor.

*

‘split’ taken from 10:9 of ecclesiastes.

‘the lost thought’ by emily dickinson.