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In Between

By Amelia LakenPublished 4 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
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Upside down

Face in the ground

Choking on earth

Looming Memories

Unconfined mirth

Zooming by

My mind’s eye

A film-

Moving picture

My entire life

An excerpt

For viewing

Before I die

Fading

Just dust

Earth in my throat

Eyes sealed shut

Eternity-

Shut for eternity

Realizing the calamity

Brought upon myself

Feverishly toiling

Air dissipating

Relentlessly struggling

To no avail

In VAIN

One cannot chew their way out of hell

My body takes flight… floating

D

O

W

N

BELOW

Into perpetual darkness

Stark blackness

Distant echoes

Unknown origins

There is no escape

Face to face with fate

-Quite literally-

This must be my end

Darkness envelopes my clinging existence

Moving pictures no longer on display

Just Dust…

Moth meat

Falling-

Weightless

A new realm-

Gnashing for eternity

Alas, my only regret-

Everything

But especially….

J U M P I N G

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Amelia Laken

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