fall down the rabbit hole No, you’re not flying Keep time down by the second What a waste of time dying They counted down Those stars in the sky Until no stars were left In the “sky” named space A lifeless vacuum Not even the sun Not even the sun was present by the time they were finished It was the end to many And the beginning for the star counters Impossible hunger Impossibly blind It’s possible it’s far too late Ask the time keepers for an answer And the star takers will do what they do Keep the time and take the stars Stars already gone But they don’t see it that way Can they see? Keeping all this time Taking all this space Clouds up dreams of a future Can they hear? the silence of the stars they shattered Lasts for eons And the chaos of the shards Leaves thousands of cuts to die for Can they recognize the symbols? We call them letters forming words forming sentences Creating meaning in heads capable of cognition Can they breathe? Somehow their bodies function But unconsciously they work They speak but they do not know where their words originate They stand but they do not know who had to stand before them Or what they sacrificed to get there Are you tired and scared? Seeing your mistake but not knowing how to fix it? Or are you still breathing without breathing? Living a life you think is yours When it can be taken away with ease When you wake up Share what you know To lessen the illusion Plant the seed And wait Wait for what seems like forever Wait