I am dust
In the begging, I was all there was
I made up your galaxies, your sun, your moon, your world, every star in the sky
I am in all places, I have been all places, bits and pieces of everything, everywhere
I conceal and encase your secrets, your history, things you may never recollect again
And you let me, because you know that I make no sound, I never have, I never will
I have watched many of my dreams crumble like blue jay feathers, only adding to my entirety, my will
Pain is infinite, so am I
One way or another you will join me one day
Because if one thing is finite, it’s your body
Sitting in pretty jars, becoming part of the earth, take your pick, it makes no difference to me
And your resolve, like mine, will live on forevermore
Breathtaking and strange in the light
Revered and well-kept in the dark
I am a promise from the heavens that some things never truly disappear
Desert sand coats my insides, colder than hell itself
I am buried, done, a part of the magnificent nothing that is our earth
shards of agate are jammed under my fingernails,about five inches long, providing an escape, a way to claw myself out of this
new world of mine
the very idea of that is agonizing
i'll just stay low, where it is safe, where the is no pain, no light, no thoughts, no existence
for if you cant feel, your not real
That word, “real”, slams itself through my head like a bullet
the first tangible thought i've had since i've come to this place
it it true that I no longer exist? That I am no longer among the living?
I had so much more to tell you, so much more to say
I wont vanish
my eyelids spasm, when they tear themselves open, the first thing they see it the blackness
it is something ive felt, but never truly examined, it will make a great companion in the existence to come, along with the searing light I sense above
I twitch my fingers, stabs of the pain I have refused myself so long shoot their way up my arms
as I dig my fingernails into the sand, the stones dig deeper into my fingers
blackish crimson flows out from them steadily, I want to cry from the beauty of it, the first color I have seen with my own eyes in far too long
the beautiful agony convulses through my body as I make my way to the surface
my blood soaked hands are the first to break through
the sand somehow disappears from the rest of my body as I pull myself up, leaving me radiant and new
I look around
turns out there is no desert, but a green meadow full of life, thriving, with bordering trees that bear so many fruits, so many choices
they are all within my reach
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