Aftermath
- Cramulus
For lo, the next world,
though it is still just a dream,
is coming.
And it may be great, or it may be terrible,
but it is up to each of us.
And we tiny neurons in the sleeping mind of a giant,
I dream
you dream
and our dream is its dreams
And the giant was afraid of itself, so it divided itself up into
tiny little parts, and the parts hated each other, and
now it has self loathing and chronic pain.
And the giant was in love with itself, so pushed its ugliness
under the surface, where it grew uglier and uglier and
its beauty grew terrible.
And the giant didn’t think about how it was going to die
some day, so it trodded on and on, and it grinded
itself down until it was sick and desperate and it forgot
about what matters.
and the giant wants to change
and resisting that desire is all of its habits and patterns
and it’s begging us now,
a quiet prayer,
in a dark room:
Light a candle.
Prepare for Aftermath.
– by Cramulus
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