Today

Today

I'm sad but I can't quite say why

The world is sad and I can give you a thousand reason for its tears. 

Water still flows smoothly over obstacles and flowers bloom through concrete.

Hearts still fall in love after being broken a hundred times.

I'm aware of things I choose to ignore.

There is a constant internal argument in my head that is neverending. 

It deflates me.

I need focus but there is a circus in my mind. 

Acts in every ring.

I don't want to look. 

I want to swim underwater, be weightless and quiet. 

But the weight on my shoulders is so heavy. 

I don't want to drown. 

The noise in my mind both reminds me that I am alive and keeps me from living.

The sun warms my face and the wind blows through my fingers. 

Why can't I feel them? 

Why can't I feel anything?

And that's just today...

Nothing - Something that is Nonexistent

A spark, random, embering
Ignited an entire night sky
For years there was only light
It was spectacular, might, unyielding.
And it was light, ethereal, and melodious.

It was something.

If you reached to touch it
Both the breeze and flame would coil around your fingers
And settle into your mind
It affected you
Something came to rest inside, quietly and completely

Ah, but time, it has a way of extinguishing a flame
It’s slowness calms the breeze
It turns softness into concrete
And the ember no longer burns
Only ashes remain

As they disappear into the surrounding,
Something becomes nonexistent.

Nothing.