Treading Water
I have been treading the water of the universe
For 15,845 days
Head slightly above the water
Arms and legs in a frantic dance for survival
You can tell yourself that at some point you will stop
There must be a stopping point, right?
The time to float seems like a luxury you have earned
But for today, day 15,845 you will keep treading
If you feel the water begin to creep up
If the universe seems bound to rise against you
You may want to flail about like a fish on the sand
But believe me, it will be useless
Better to sink into the water
Let the blackholes devour you
And come to find that what you always needed
Was the sinking
Sink in to the deep
Fall in to the vastness of the void
Stare with terror at the tide of destruction
Embrace your fate
And then
Emerge to find that what you thought was an ending
Is really a beginning
That the strange new shore upon which you find yourself
Is a paradise for the aching limbs that struggled for so long
You can float here
In the undulating waves
Of the new world
In a universe you found in your destruction
Copyright © Erin Cowart | Year Posted 2020
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