Maurice Rutherford

Somewhere, Sometime…

…out of the blue you fall under its spell,
perplexed by knowledge of some sight unseen.
What happens next? Impossible to tell.

You’ll know the feeling—suddenly a bell
of recognition rings and takes you, clean
out of the blue. You fall under its spell

and for a fleeting second you can’t quell
the thrill of tense excitement, unforeseen.
What happens next. Impossible to tell;

you try to freeze the moment, make it dwell
a little longer; ask what does it mean.
Out of the blue you fall under a spell

but it has gone. Yet sight, sound, touch and smell
can ambush you when you feel most serene;
what happens next? Impossible to tell

how ever much you try. So prepare well—
déjà vu takes you where you’ve never been,
out of the blue; you fall under its spell.
What happens next? Impossible to tell…