Wednesday, October 3, 2012

only now

you awaken to sobbing.
others are in the room observing
you in your bed.
your eyes are open.
your eyes are closed.
there is a shroud of grief
across their faces. you want
to yell and tell them
not to worry. this too shall
pass. you are here, but you
have left. there is more
traveling for you to do,
but not quite yet. others need
you here to grieve.
to place their hands
upon you, to whisper
things into your hollow ears.
they take you where you need
to be taken. there is no
fear in you. there is only
knowledge. something they
can't possess by being alive.
you are smiling. your face
is hard to their touch. you are
beyond the limits of your
body. you are free from
everything. there is only
time now, which has no
end. no beginning. it is
where you want to be,
there is no going back
despite how happy it would
make them. there are no
tomorrows, there is only now.
 

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