The Abyss

Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI - First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope | NASA                              At first, I saw it.   I rejected the sight of it.   Oh, how long I had passed by it,  but it was always there  waiting for me to take notice of it.   Darkness.   They held it up as the Taboo:   "It is poison!" I felt it drawing me forth -  a resonating call to my being. I was at my wits end. There was nothing left that could have been done. And it was still there waiting. "Pour me a glass," said I.  A toast for the Ages. The rim touched my lips. I held back the tears as the drink travelled down. Then more, then more Till the goblet was empty. My memory started to quake As bitterness once bound Came rushing through. Thoughts and feelings burned away.  Ashes in a breeze. All that I was fell away Like a serpent's skin. S...

Nothing Is there pressing close against my face. Nothing Always there filling up the empty space. Nothing   Is there - the most tried and true friend. Nothing Will certainly be there in the end. Nothing Will always lead and also follow. Nothing   Is ever full and ever quite hollow. Nothing Connects an object to its given name. Nothing Appears behind the curtains of pride and shame. Nothing Shall always and evermore be. Nothing   Shall exist for all eternity.

Standing in the midst of the crowd Feet touch the sidewalk  Hustle and bustle - loud Is my voice heard when I talk? Order out of chaos Oxygen - constant breathing  All in search of something lost Great Pendulum - ever swinging Eyes meander; thoughts pass over Like feathers in a dance Some brush over my shoulder By some random chance Oblivious, Unaware Ghosts; Zombies; Machines Nothingness in their stare Never tasting Being Who can even see Who do not see themselves? Do I have to bleed For my words to hit their shelves?