Limitations (Thursday Doors Writing Challenge)

photo by Patrick Mesterharm

Sometimes I lie on the floor and consider what I would see if I walked instead on the ceiling.  So much more below me than above—where would my head be then?  Not in the clouds–or would the sky, too, be forced underground, the earth heavy, pushing on my feet—but what about gravity? Where would it be located?  How would it work?  The possibilities seem too complex to even contemplate, let alone understand.  Perhaps if my apartment turned upside down I would lose all materiality.  I would become merely a concept, weightless, waiting to be defined.

beside themselves–how do
thoughts squeeze into spaces too small
to fit comfortably?

I was inspired by the photo provided by Maureen for the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge, to consider how we fit into the spaces in our lives. I do actually imagine myself walking on the ceiling when I’m lying on the floor looking up. And my mind follows its own paths through the rabbit hole from there.

The Thursday Doors Writing Challenge is open for the entire month of May, hosted by Dan Antion. Anyone can join in–you can see all the doors available to inspire you here.