Deeper Darker Downward
It’s a heavy world we're stuck to
Pushing us down in the crust
Until our bodies, bent from the weight,
are disposed of in the dust
Day by day, our shoulders slump
Lower the longer we live
Maroon bags pull down our faces
Short falls shatter our hips
Spines crush from the pressure
Of the boulders on our backs
The skin below us ripples
And we tumble through its cracks
Deeper darker downward go
To the place we all are drawn
Where the sun stops its rise and set
And there is no dusk nor dawn
The blackest of the depths calls
We cannot resist the urge
Into the hollow hole, we dive
Drowning, we submerge
Descending in this heavy world
We burrow in the crust
Exceeding the abyss before us
Mistakenly thinking we must.
Jessica Highstreet
10/14/15
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