Through The Universe

Through The Universe

by Keaton Foster



Upon a ship
Holy shit
I’m here
Flying space
Tumbling along
I can’t feel the rotation
Nor am I aware of my
Solitary encapsulation
I am in a state
Of perpetual flotation
Gravity is gone
Nothing is found
Soaring alone
The crew is just me
There is no computer
No superior intelligence
Or inferior intellectualism
No other being
Of any significance
Is or has ever been
Just blank pages
Waiting to be filled
As I float in limbo
Endless the frontier
Forever I’ll be
Never touching down
Tera-firma is not here
It will always be just me
and this shell
A human made abode
Incapsulated in stone
When weight means
Least of all
Inside is smooth
Outside is jagged and burned
Inside is new to me
Outside is familiar to me
Much has changed
But even more is the same
Through the universe
Out past existence
Into a void of escapism I go
Mired by a singular oblivion
By an astute realism
That is beyond livable
Was it nature
Was it human
How did I get here
Above the world below
Out into the reaches of a home
I have often wished to expose
As I go I’ll fill these blank pages
With words that none will see
And fewer will ever believe
God might be out here
But as in life
I’m sure I won’t find him
I’ll just tumble right on by
Unaware that he is near
Out into the distance I’ll go
A trillion light years away
An even then I won’t be close
To where it is I wish to be
Everything might change
But not I
I will remain the same
A man with words
And pages yet to fill
Through the universe
Seems like a trip
But in reality
It’s more of a destination
A place I’ll never get
In a home I’ll never be
I did this to myself
I put myself in this place
Spiraling alone
Across the cosmos
I said goodbye to nothing
Farewell to no one
And I left all that is
All that could ever be
For something far beyond
Any words I am ready to write
Or ideas I am willing to vent
Expressions like infinite
Are pale in comparison
To any and all destinations
I am presently heading
I’ll get there or I won’t
Such is a matter of state
In a mind empty of reality
Devoid of the duality
That has been defined
By what it means to be human…



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