Random Act of Metaphor: Ghost Fog Creeping Through Rifts in Reality

Hmmm, is there a hidden keyhole through which I can slip from the daily grind?

It comes in a long, slow exhale from places unseen – ghost fog creeping through rifts in reality to mute the edges of this timid April evening. The rigid angles of concrete that form twenty story buildings lose their man-made arbitrariness through the drifting veil of mist. Swatches of light from distant windows become emanations from another world.

From somewhere undetectable, the baying of a lonesome dog conjures up images of The Hound of the Baskervilles. I imagine Sherlock Holmes emerging from the vapour in the street below as it morphs into the moors in 19th century England. Time reverses, slows to a waltz and expands to allow for possibility.

And I, looking down from above with omnipresence, am Dr. Watson chronicling the exploits of the famous detective. Rewriting the script as my whims desire unconcerned with staying inside the lines prescribed by those I will never meet.

It pleases me to imagine that I have left behind the ubiquitous buzz and whirr of technology. Here in this fictional world I am at liberty to follow where my fancy leads and to linger with impunity. I do not have to worry if the clock is ticking down or if those with authority behind closed doors are debating my fate.

Ghost fog creeping through rifts in reality – a random act of metaphor to release me from confinement, take me off the clock and grant me the freedom to roam where my lyrical heart is wont to take me.

~ Michael Robert Dyet is the author of “Until the Deep Water Stills – An Internet-enhanced Novel” – double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2009. Visit Michael’s website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com or the novel online companion at www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog .

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