The blind and the blurry

(A dialogue with the Cheshire cat)

Illustration by Tove Jansson for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1966)

Would you tell me, Please,

Which way I ought to go from here?


I ain’t sure where I came from

Not truly, not fully

The hills of my grandmother’s,

Lost at the touch of my boots

The river of my parents’ childhood

Does not know my toes



Would you tell me please,

Which way I ought to go from here?



I don’t much care where

Modernity blurred my compass

My dreams are a material mess

Not true

Not silent

Suffocating loudly

My deepest longing

For place



Would you tell me please,

Which way I ought to go from here?



So long as I get somewhere.

Anywhere where I am not lost