A Place Without Borders
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I am suspended in a cold, empty dimension without borders or landmarks. I spend eternity searching unsuccessfully for a way out of this purgatory. While I long to escape, I have nothing to push against in this place of nothingness. Any attempts to plan an escape dissolve into the emptiness. If one does find a way to leave this dimension, it is by an unmarked trail that cannot be followed by others.
A Place Without Borders
- 1. A Place WithoutBorders I plummetintoaninfinitedimension Suspendedincoldwater To stagnate and lie fallow Until the endof everything I cry at nothing My rejoicingishollow I spendeternitylookingforthe finite I lie shieldedfromreality I lookforthe staircase Out of thispurgatory I reach forthe stars Onlyto findI’ve movedbutafewfeet Andam no closerthan before. I enteredwithoutmovement Yet I mustbuildupmomentum To escape True; butI have nothingto pushagainst Exceptmy ownlament. Andeventhatdissolvesinthe nothingness Despair,despair;
- 2. Eventhat has no place here For thisisno place. Notevenruinsfromwhichto planmy escape. I lookforexamples For an apt precedent I findemptinessand nothingness; If one doesleave here It isby an unmarked trail That otherscannot follow. The end;the beginning Theydo not belonghere Christmay have beenthe alphaandthe omega But I am the mediocre middle.