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The thing about rebirth is you have to die first
I thought my first death would be my last My body was pressed against the cold ground Burdened down by my sins of the past A sea of Skeletons burst from their graves Pouring out of the closets I had locked them in In hopes to never see them again But there I was beneath a sea of sorrow and regret The bones of old faces, dead bodies of lies Burrowed themselves into my skin As they flowed over me I was dying Gasping for my last breath Clinging on to life Trying my best not to drown Savoring the old oxygen in my lungs I flailed my limbs around Attempting to reach the surface But the more I tried the deeper I sunk A wise voice that sounded like mine Invaded the rattling of the bones And whispered, You must be still to float You have to let go of the ghost. How silly was I to tread against the tide? A part of me died So that I could live I let go of life And I was born again We will die a thousand times In this existence A thousand more in the next The song of the Phoenix Never ends Might as well sing along
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when i was 10
I watched my hamster run Full speed towards the glass of his cage The wheel turned rapidly Beneath his paws He stopped But the wheel took him for a ride His body flailed in the belly of machine he once powered Jenny told Forrest "Whenever you get scared Run Don't try to be brave, just run" because Jenny was running too We are all running Running from or towards ourselves Later I would witness the hamster Defy the intended use of that wheel He stuffed the bedding beneath it It was stopped in its tracks A wrench had been thrown into its gears He shakily scaled its sides and Over and out of the cage he went That hamster was wiser than most men 7 days, 7 nights I spent Hibernating
for 7 days and 7 nights My eyes were either closed or wet Reality was the enemy from which I hid Cloaked in sleep Reality came with shackles Shackles I slipped out of When I slipped into sleep Unwavering freedom lies in the land of dreams Slumber soothed me Placed my soul at ease But upon awakening Reality would shake me Scaring me back to the comfort of my dreams Frightened I closed my eyes attempting to escape this space but life too is but a dream a dream my fears had turned into a nightmare a pinch to the arm revealed the illusion the demons i cast to scare myself into safety were unmasked and only then was i able to rise from my slumber free to truly dream Looking back the days feel like months
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