the chasm

as i fall

stare into the immense depths

my soul beholds

all it never knew

all it had forgotten

all i have run from

weakness consumes

i can’t fathom the depth of the hole into which i fell!

fear looms

i drown in the lack of knowing

overwhelmed by the unknowable

deeper

i fall into it

darkness

all around me

the shadows

the black is all i see

lost in the umbra

i fall into the void

i calm myself

i think, “what can i do”

nothing comes to mind. 

nothing comes to mind

i merely fall

fall into the void

deeper it goes

i long for the bottom

sinking deeper

i fall for all time

falling

it is funny how it feels like flying

flying forever

i feel i am weightless

and if the bottom never comes

how am i to know i am not?