The heart beats,
the worlds dark recesses pulsating
hate and misery boiling over.
We stand here
our eyes seeing the endless ocean before us,
our eyes hearing the silent calm before us,
our hearts pumping tainted blood.
There is a truth lying under the vast ocean
an endless void that cares not for you or I
an endless void that takes back what it gives
a cycle of birth and death everlasting hidden just beneath the surface.
There is an unfairness to it all,
but it cares not.
Your petty emotions
your puny hopes and dreams,
before the void you are nothing
before the void your power, your wisdom, your kindness means nothing.
The only lives we can live are those gifted to us
the lives the void has seen fit to loan to us all,
make no mistake, we all live on borrowed time
with a life barely ours, in a world that waits for us to fail.
It is ostentatious to believe we have power over any of it,
that our faith, our prayers
our thoughts
mean nothing.
The void is forever, the void is all powerful
simple mortals have no power to change what has always been
no power to wish away the final all knowing all owning all powerful
end.
There is no escape, there is no bargain
we will all be claimed.
we struggle against forces that have seen thousands of cycles of us and our
powerless beings.
Our souls hold nothing in the face of the coming end
there is no salvation no prayer powerful enough to stave off
forever.
There is a heart at the center of this all, at the center of the universe,
the galaxy, the earth.
it’s us, our beating, mortal hearts, we are the void and the end
and the beginning and forever.
Our hearts are black, and they pulse with hate and disdain.
they are eternal and gone in an instant,
forever and brief.
So then why am I still waiting,
my dear I never said the void couldn’t be beaten
I never said there wasn’t something that could transcend it all.
And there is, it may seem small and you might even forget it ever existed,
but I say this my dear our love, our all consuming, ever present, indestructible love,
that is what will stand and look into the void.
Us together, we can stare into the void and see hope.
We can look into our hearts and see the beating strength of companionship
we can stand together, under force and never loose footing
Our love is the one thing that is more powerful than all else
the one thing that doesn’t falter under the shadow of the eternal void.
Our love, that is what truly is at the heart of everything.
Dear Kaden,
I really loved reading this dark piece from you, as its not typical from you to write this type of deep writing. The philosophical undertones you present serve to engage the reader, and get them thinking. I enjoyed the switch in tone throughout the piece, when you changed to an almost hopeful voice, contrasting the stark image you previously portrayed. The GUMPS in the piece, though they are not “proper,” I enjoyed, as the enjambment they brought was a great stylistic choice in my opinion.
Overall, this is a great piece, along with your other version of the free choice.
-Lucas
Dearest Lucas,
Thank you so much, I appreciate the acknowledgment of my efforts to expand my realm of topics. I will however say that the GUMPS are mostly intentional, but I will go over them again. thank you Lucas.
-kaden