In the moment before acting lies a void
Where every future gleams, reflecting every other
Every moment a uniquely blooming world
In the space between two thoughts
Where every other instant grows
Expanding now into infinity
And every possibility unfurls
How do you choose your next life
It may seem your heart has stopped between two beats
It's not the universe that's ended
But that you're already dead
Remembering everything at once
Seeing past the limits of your head
In the seconds it would take to drain
The oxygen from your exquisite brain
A few mere seconds, all your life replays
An intimate refrain
It isn't just the fireworks of dying neurons firing
You are slipping from the grip
Of that which kept you in the slow procession
Now your feathered eyelids open
To behold the whole terrain
How do you choose your next life
It may seem your heart has stopped between two beats
It's not the universe that's ended
But that you're already dead
Remembering everything at once
Seeing past the limits of your head