Other than dreams
the ones that come once
in a decade
or two and upon waking
you're a different person
and the world
a different place
than you had known
before you slept
other than that
there's only a small handful
of moments in a lifetime
when the waking world
decides to shift
before your eyes
the landscape suddenly
revealed as in a lightning flash
the trees
the distant hills
hitherto hidden by the dark
now coming clear

such as these
appear alike to scientists
and mystics
and to each of us
although we set aside
these moments
choose to live
within the world that
we're accustomed to
only from time to time
stopping to wonder
why this sense
of something missing
something left behind
while hurrying
on our way