One millimetre
One mile
One million depths to sink into, clamber down, be
absorbed by
Up above – normality, walking, shoe taps on concrete
murmured busy voices torched by the sun beat
Here I sink further further
past the grass
past the mud
past the fouundations
past the tunnels
no murmurs now
no muffled talking of days and nights and plans and who knows what
Silence now.
Deadening silence.
And dark.
Looking for something in the shadows, but there are no shadows
no echoes
no heartbeat sounds
no embers
And if I miss the surface
can I zoom back
hyper speed
guided by sound, noise, bustle, grey community
by starlight by hope by shimmer
by glimmers of future, echoes of past
Can I
can I reclaim light, soul, purpose
or does the fall of night nullify everything I stand for
does it punish the dream of one million shades and hues