THE UNCONTROLLABLE

“…it is only in encountering the uncontrollable that we really experience the world. Only then do we feel touched, moved, alive. A world that is fully known, in which everything has been planned and mastered, would be a dead world.”
— Hartmut Rosa, The Uncontrollability of the World (2018)
We awoke to the snow,
Only a dusting so far,
But still falling.
Stumbled down to the kitchen.
Local radio on,
The calm voice of the local guy,
Telling us about the here and now.
“The following schools are closed…”
Waiting, breathlessly, for your school,
A form of prayer.
If it is,
Then I’m watching cartoons,
Then going outside,
Then…
A whole day,
of not knowing what will happen next.