I don't belong to myself.
These atoms that frame
Everything that I am
Aren't even mine.
These cells don't especial
My small being.
Because they belong
To the extinguished stars.
They belong to the suns
Around which orbited
Planets of all shapes
Of all matter,
Around which orbited
Their moons.
I don't belong to myself
I belong to the
Extinguished
Heavenly bodies
Whose light probably
Still travels, wandering,
Lost without a source,
Just like human souls.
Every scintilla in my being
Belongs to the dark abyss
Of outer space, to the stars
That once shined, to the stars
That someday will,
To the creatures we'll never
Even know existed,
To the creatures that will
Never know we ever did.
I don't belong to myself,
Because the weight
Of my body is and
Forever will be
Too heavy for my soul.
-
tjr
Jun 23, 2016
Jun 23, 2016 at 7:39 AM UTC
I don't belong to myself.
These atoms that frame
Everything that I am
Aren't even mine.
These cells don't especial
My small being.
Because they belong
To the extinguished stars.
They belong to the suns
Around which orbited
Planets of all shapes
Of all matter,
Around which orbited
Their moons.
I don't belong to myself
I belong to the
Extinguished
Heavenly bodies
Whose light probably
Still travels, wandering,
Lost without a source,
Just like human souls.
Every scintilla in my being
Belongs to the dark abyss
Of outer space, to the stars
That once shined, to the stars
That someday will,
To the creatures we'll never
Even know existed,
To the creatures that will
Never know we ever did.
I don't belong to myself,
Because the weight
Of my body is and
Forever will be
Too heavy for my soul.
-
tjr
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