the mind struggles
to make sense
of what should be
obvious

maybe it's old age
maybe it it's disbelief
as is
this can't be happening to me

or maybe
it isn't
obvious

or maybe
there is
no rhyme or reason

a random
unexplainable
event

yet the logic
of the mind
cannot
accept

even if it
does
leave me
and it
(that is the mind)
off the proverbial
hook