Or So I Imagine

The seen is momentary,
Of course, always vanishing
Into unseen. The unseen
Includes the momentary,
Vanished, and the permanent,
Which is mythic, never seen.
We only experience

The seen, but we imagine,
Readily, the permanent,
The unseen and never seen.
That the momentary scene
Forever vanishes is
Thus less of a mystery
Than our imagination.

We are the way
The world knows how to lie
To itself about itself.