Hidden Unknown

childhood: unknown excitation -
the world primordial-new,
mysterious place where
dreams are dreams and reality
tastes
of the unexpected

and then

adulthood: stale
ingrained pathways bleach
the world into
a sterile representation
of the dreams childhood grew.

on occasion: a thought,
moment or event,
triggers a resurgence of
this hidden 'unknown' and then -
it is gone
and a staid world remains.

how to break habitual chains?
how to regress to innocent state?
if we could,
would we?
should we?
or is it
too
late?

poem by Christopher Withers
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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