go on, then

when empty days outweigh
a love for life
what right have I
to judge

you made your choice you
tried twice they
say third time’s the charm

and who cares you were ‘loved
by many’ if you couldn’t love
yourself if you couldn’t know
yourself if you couldn’t fix
yourself

“the nature of dark energy
is unknown, but we know
it behaves quite differently
from regular matter it is believed
it has an opposite effect to gravity
pushing everything apart”

if a you were a galaxy you had enough
gas and dust to make billions
of stars but also ten times as much dark
matter as stars and gas combined and
at your center was a supermassive black hole

you had not slept
in some ten years
had not dreamt in some ten years
had not found rest in some ten years these
pills no longer do
the trick for you

if you’ve always dreamt of rest
go on, then
rest

Taylor Juleen is a student and writer currently traveling through Latin America in search of some truth, and happiest with hands in the soil and pen to paper (as your average Taurus might be).

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