There is no way back

There is no way back

No matter how marked the trail

Crumbs eaten by thieving Magpies

String snagged on branches

Snapped on the razored edge

Of a jagged stone

Thrown up to cause a stumble

There is no stillness

At a subatomic level

Everything is in motion

We never cross the same ocean

Once lost

How do we find our way

Out of the spiral

Designed to contain

The essence

Of our imagination

When every turn

Leads us further

Than we ever were

Before the end

There is no wonderland

Alice doesn't live here

Anymore than that

Which has no intention

Is destined to remain

In the dark

Leave no mark

Other than a stain

On the character

Of an observer

Who, no matter what

Might yet occur

Will never deign

To intervene.