Within, and Without
Once lost underneath the numerous
Scars and drugs that my lovely
Mother delivered to me in the
Experimental beginning stages of
Life. I was a nomadic, lost body.
As I crossed the limbs of trees
And slipped through the pebbles
Of a nearby creek, I encountered
Death, and he offered me visions
Of things I had never seen.
He had shown me the life I led
In a quick and incredible moment.
I recalled the joyous memories
And the painful ones, as well.
I saw myself alive—I was within.
The following images were extreme
And unexpected. He had shown me the
Life I could have made long ago.
The experience was degrading and
Unimaginably painful.
For, my agonizing ignorance in my
Decisions were what ultimately
Killed me; and not Death, himself.
—Leaving me without.