my curves have been
morphing into hard lines
with sharp edges
my inner terrain becoming
an Escher drawing
stairways going nowhere
no sense of up, of down
utterly disorienting
but always an ominous sense
that there is a hidden truth
all these optical illusions
are diverting
my eyes from

© 2017 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved

Escher image is from the North Carolina Museum of Art