When I break the surface
When black earth erupts
There's no going back
The collapse so abrupt
Searching for an entrance
Longing to return
That pathway is wrecked
There is no return
What is a life?
What makes a death?
Illusion of connection
The slow disintegration
Wondering what it is to be truly alive
Into the harsh world I arrive
Coming up for air but the air is so dry
The force of this atmosphere
The pressure of forced smiles
Why did I leave that earthly womb
Up here it all ends much too soon
A flooded pathway
Unfeeling landscape
A severed doorway
Reluctant survey
The rain that drowned tranquility
The storm that came and drove me
What ends a life?
Defines a death?
Forgotten intersection
Where all roads end
Who decides what it is to be alive
Into the harsh world I arrive
Falling through the door
Hearing it slam shut
You rest in peace
And I slowly rot