Wake Up

A million distinct lights fighting the obfuscating gloom Distant stars blazing forever in a struggle against the velvet blackness forever doomed Or perhaps myriad flickering candles, burning towards a red dawn Who will notice if they wink out, flicker, die Confined to this world, incarcerated by the stricture of vacuity A null void, an abyss, annihilation as the very air steals breath Soundless screams into the wind of the human phenomenon Seeking, searching, stumbling into the desolation of existence Rhythm pulsing inside an empty shell, nothingness remains Open your eyes.