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Existence is a Myth

We're all ghosts here

By Leigh SchillingPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
Existence is a Myth
Photo by Syarafina Yusof on Unsplash

I don't exist today.

Today, I am just a ghost

Floating

Falling

My lips move but no sound comes out

Time doesn't exist for me here

Or for any of us, really

Time after all, is an illusion

Minutes feel like hours

And hours feel like minutes

And months and years and seconds

I thought I heard a voice

A greeting, a conversation,

a piece of text whispered into the wind

A name

I turned, I looked

But I was alone.

You are always alone here.

I don't exist today.

Everything is gray gray gray

Gray would know how to find me

They always did

I am floating

Or maybe I'm falling

Or maybe I have not moved

In dayshoursweeksminutesyears

They all feel the same here

How long have I been here

Where is here

Who am I

Who are you

I am a ghost.

Drifting

I'm not really here

Or there.

I'm not really anywhere

I'm stuck in the silent labyrinth of my mind

You couldn't find me if you tried

You couldn't find me if I called to you

I couldn't make a sound to call you if I tried

Today I don't exist

Tomorrow's chances are bleak.

Call me on Thursday

I don't exist today.

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Leigh Schilling

My name is Leigh

I am a conundrum

I write to understand

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