Today,

I opened my eyes

As though for The First Time.

The light poured in, and I could see
Everything, that I could see.
And everything was quite beautiful.

Then I shut them again.

As though for the first time.

And the universal sky
Behind my eyes
Revealed itself.
A tapestry, not of darkness
But of shade and contours and shooting stars.

I opened my eyes. Again.
Wanting to feel that first time. Again.

There was nothing to stop me.
Nobody to make it NOT happen.
No law to say: The First Time Is Off Limits. Do Not Enter.
No Ministry Of Experience ordering me how to feel.

It turns out that The First Time

Is a repeatable experiment.

So I shut my eyes.