To all my beloveds,
Why are you in such a rush?
Where do you think you have to go?
Why do you live as though in a race?
Don’t rush.
You won’t win.
There is no winning.
There is nothing after that end.
Where do you even have to go?
I’m the one who has to go…
And I will go,
Slow.
Before I meet that end,
Please,
Take my hand.
Waltz with me into that windy night,
Not with haste,
But with the remains,
Of this grotesque grace.
Let the wind howl.
Let it push.
Let it beg us to hurry on our way.
Let it do as it may,
But I will not rush to that end,
Under anyone’s command.
Just,
Go slow.
I will,
Go slow.
Drag your feet through the dusk.
Let the moonlight kiss the path,
Though it can never again light the way.
There is no destination.
Only this journey.
Only this ache.
Only this love.
I will,
Go slow.
Slow enough,
To cry.
For these tears are worthy of my time.
For they are true to my heart.
I will,
Go slow.
As I cry this truth,
I won’t rush to lie to you.
I won’t sprint toward bliss,
For there is none at the end.
I will waltz slowly through this pain.
Because I want to feel this love.
Because I crave every burden,
Of this human heart.
Go slow,
As you read the story.
Go slow,
As you listen to the song.
Go slow,
As you live this life.
Don’t race through beauty,
Just to meet nothing.
Don’t race through pain,
Just to meet that eternity.
That,
Distant
Icky
Eternity.
Go slow,
With companions, or alone.
Go slow,
Until the world lets go.
Let it hurt.
Let me cry.
Slowly, I love.
Slowly, I cling.
Slowly, I’m dragged away.
Slowly, I fade…
Into,
Into,
That,
Into,
Oblivion…
Go…
Slow.
Slower.
Slower still.
Almost,
Imperceptibly.
As,
You,
Approach,
That,
That,
That,
Distant
Icky
Eternity
Go,
Go,
Go,
Slow.
And if I must,
If I must say goodbye,
If this is the end of our time,
Then let me,
Let me smile,
As I go,
As I go slowly,
Dreaming,
That I am hand in hand,
With such kind company.
Waltzing slowly,
Until I,
Must let go,
Until you,
Until you must,
Move on,
Until I smile,
One last time,
As you must carry on,
Until I,
Until I succumb,
To that,
To,
That,
That,
That,
Distant
Icky
Eternity.
Sincerely,
Your companion
From genesis, through oblivion