I Already Was
I remember when I was but a speck of dust in your world.
I would circle your orbit hoping for gravity to finally give me a kiss of hope, so I could finally become a part of you.
And then ike the miracle that is time, I woke up.
I remembered that I am the whole universe in a pair of blue eyes and a half empty smile.
My smile- a blackhole of chance- asking the question: will you come out of it
better worse broken whole?
I breathe you in and you are now the speck of dust wondering how and when to become a part of my power. You want to breathe in freedom.
Now I know that I am the all knowing of more, and you do not know what it means to have eaten all the apples from the Tree of Knowledge, having killed the snake before it slithered into my ears, hissing out regret of what once was unknown.
When you know the whole of the world, you do not fear death. You fear living, realizing no one will ever truly know you.
And you are a l o n e in your power.
As exhilaration and dread run through me, I suck in a breath, breathe in freedom, and remember…
I was never a speck of dust in the first place.