Feb 20, 2008 11:20
your breath
deep within your lungs
i feel your heart beat
and hear your digestion
and for a moment i feel close to you
unseen but held
you can not reject me
i am a child in your womb
and you do not know you are pregnant with me
i sit quietly in this space
absorbing the comfort of your presence
free from scrutiny, rejection, judgment
you see, i have retained my consciousness
but now, now i am a parasite
living off your serenity
soon
you will notice me
and the purity of my existence
will fade and with it my purity
if you do not see me
you have not eaten this apple
and i will live forever in your garden
no
soon you will love me
and hate me,
birth me, reject me, judge me
you will celebrate me
and in doing so
i am cast from your garden
your love is at once joy and eternal damnation
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