the future of immediacy

the future of immediacy

can come to represent apprehension

or it can come to appear as curiosity. 

at the point of that invitation, 

different subtle skillsets apply.

apprehension attempts to secure a groundedness,

while curiosity wants a clarity of means, 

as an assuredness for going forward,

as a sense for self-reliance presenting,

and an affirming-ness from expectation's concerns.

truly, curiosity is functioning 

from a different range of mental skills

than apprehension is searching for.

curiosity is looking to define 

more into a grasp,

as a cleaner in-depth sense 

of what to see and discern

for an expandedness to include and process.

surely, there is the need for the unexpected 

as an offering of free range,

a sense for clarity of a conclusion 

that adds expanse to the perceptional range.

apprehension is searching 

for the face of certitude greeting.

apprehension wants ground-figure

not sky-wonder.

apprehension is ever-searching immediacy 

for the blood flow of familiar,

the narrative for next lines repeatable,

for comparative truth in the comfort zone

and for dangling modifiers 

to be belated humorous.

the future of immediacy

is ever the fork in the road.

and to realize

that every next moment

is a potential offering as such . . .