After Two

After Two After two, when the room gets quiet Thoughts get strange but I don't deny it One little question turns into another Then somehow I'm seeing things from a different colour Quick with it, quicker when the thought gets moving Cutting through the clutter, finding what I'm choosing No need to settle, no need to decide Let a thought change shape while I watch it from the side After two Everything slows After two Nobody knows Where the next thought goes But I don't mind After two I leave it undefined Fast little thoughts, packed tight, no wasted spaces Changing perspectives, connecting separate places Question the question, reconsider the reason Catch the contradiction hiding underneath the meaning Quick switch, sharp shift, different interpretation Tiny observation turning into a revelation Back again, forward again, sideways for a minute If the answer doesn't fit, there's no shame in changing with it After two Everything slows After two Nobody knows Where the next thought goes But I don't mind After two I leave it undefined There's a certain kind of calm When nothing needs an answer tonight You can leave a thought unfinished And still feel perfectly alright Rapid ideas racing, rearranging, recalculating Breaking down assumptions, separating and translating Short thought, long thought, overlapping in succession Every little angle getting equal consideration No need for a conclusion, no need for a final word Sometimes understanding comes from everything you've heard Let it sit, let it breathe, let another thought appear Then suddenly the complicated doesn't seem so unclear After two Everything slows After two Nobody knows Where the next thought goes But I don't mind After two I leave it undefined After two Night still turning After two Mind still learning Nothing to prove Nothing to explain Just another quiet hour Before it starts again