The Womb Beyond


 Before I saw, I learned to name the dark,

As “is” and “is not,” drawn in fragile lines;

Like hands that trace the edges of a spark,

Yet never grasp the fire that truly shines.

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Beyond my thought, something vast remains,

Unseen, like oceans pressing into shell;

Its distant pulse moves softly through my veins,

A truth I feel, yet cannot fully tell.

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I live enclosed, like seeds beneath the soil,

Believing earth and darkness are the whole;

Unknowing of the sky beyond this coil,

Or winds that wait to carry forth the soul.

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Like one once held within a hidden womb,

Who never saw the vastness of the sky,

Yet felt faint echoes through the gentle gloom,

A distant life that slowly drifted by.

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And even now, in stillness, I can feel

A subtle pull, like tides I cannot see;

A silent force that does not speak, yet real,

A hidden door that waits to open me.

***

What I call end may be a breaking free,

Like shells that crack to let new life begin;

Not fall to void, but vast immensity,

A wider world than I have lived within.

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Death is not loss, but like a wave’s return,

That slips again into the endless sea;

No part is gone, though forms may twist and turn,

But change into a deeper mystery.

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And when I wake beyond this fleeting frame,

This life may seem a dream I drifted through;

A flickering light, a softly whispered name,

Before I reached a dawn forever new.

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