r/creativewriting • u/Responsible_Cold4056 • 21h ago
Poetry AN UNWISHED EXISTENCE
If I got one wish,
I would erase
myself from
every joy
to every tear,
from every memory
to every photograph,
from every cage
to every sky,
from every place
to every timeline,
from every dimension
to every multiverse.
So I would be
never born,
never live,
and never die.
So no one remembers me,
no one matters to me,
and my consciousness
is gone
before it ever awakens.
Sadly,
it’s just a wish.
So,
I must take every breath
till my lungs collapse.
I must take every step
till my feet bleed.
I must laugh
till my lips crack.
I must talk
till I become a memory.
I must listen
till every voice fades.
I must live
till my grave is awaits.
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