I close my eyes
The room fades
My body disappears
Reaching out
I listen
In a black, endless sky
The stars wink out
Alone
I let go
No past, no future
The present a heartbeat
Then the heartbeat stills
Breathing slows
To nothing
My soul untethered
Floating
In the dark
I release all thought
But one
I am

Sinking deeper
Into the void
Merging, becoming
Part of the vastness
Nothing and everything
Almost gone
But one thought holds me
A string tying
Myself to my Self
I am

I struggle
Against the knot
Stretching, unfolding
On the verge
Of some immense
Cosmic discovery
Meaning
Purpose
Truth
Life
I strain against the pull
On the edge
Of knowing
My hand on the curtain
Slips away
Falling backwards
A voice whispering
Relentlessly
I am