Feb 21
I’ve heard it said that John Donne once claimed no man is an island.
Perhaps he’s right.
Though, I feel like an isolated star,
Billions of light years away, and
My light is the left hand of darkness.
I am connected in a constellation and a void,
Through visual and spatial networks of association.
I am contradictory states of being,
Dissociated, isolated, and whole.
I supernova, I collapse, and I birth anew.
I can’t feel the heat from your sun,
Yet, I can see the light that you emanate.
No star is a constellation, and yes, no man is an island.
Perhaps he’s right.
Though, I feel like an isolated star,
Billions of light years away, and
My light is the left hand of darkness.
I am connected in a constellation and a void,
Through visual and spatial networks of association.
I am contradictory states of being,
Dissociated, isolated, and whole.
I supernova, I collapse, and I birth anew.
I can’t feel the heat from your sun,
Yet, I can see the light that you emanate.
No star is a constellation, and yes, no man is an island.
I think that both can be true. You can be alone and feel alone. Yet you also cannot deny that you are part of something bigger, something greater. At least I choose to believe so.
