Recognized Reality Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Reality seems suddenly to come to thought, whereas before
it had no time for it, fantasy and abstract ideals kept
this mind in focus, as I wrote from imagination's flight.

Now, realizing that reality has been steadily creeping into
poetry, once hidden on outrageous sidelines, kept constantly
at bay, now it seems to have moved in and found a place within
my writing.

After countless hours, poring over volumes already written,
thought shouts and points it's finger, it has been hiding
here in the open all the while.

Puzzled, confusion settling within, wondering all the while
why I'd never recognized it.