Original DDE™ art: “Hmmm..” by: rob kistner © 2/8/26
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mystery is an abandoned chair
a door left ajar
light leaking just enough
to make the heart lean forward
it trusts the reader
to walk the rest of the way—
alone…
to bring…
their own held breath—
their own shadows—
their own spine chills—
to embrace the plot
personally—
to step inside
in mystery
absence
speaks louder than fact
what is not said
vibrates
haunts
entices
titillates—
captures the imagination
hard proof arrives rudely
it kicks the door in—
fluorescent…
cold…
glaring…
dimensionless…
unquestionable
a slab on the table
tagged and measured
its answers complete—
conjecture closed
no possibilities
no curiosities
no room to surmise—
no space to surprise
but mystery
lives in the
unexplained
unfinished—-
in the possibilities
it survives on doubt
on questions
on suggestion
on the intimate collaboration—
on the soul dance
between writer
and reader
mystery doesn’t demand belief—
it invites wonder…
which outlasts certainty
certainty closes the book—
mystery keeps seducing
long after
the ink’s run out
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rob kistner © 2/8/26