On Death and Cosmos

I lie between layers of perception I'm neither here or there Twice but still nothing My image multiplies while my sight plays dead and regress I've lost any mass Mutant consistence My shadow is no more Tied to dimensions I don't belong to My center is now a black prism Reflecting nothing but Pale Blue Floating cemetery flames Look through me as I dissolve Try to catch a glimpse or something And give it back Feed the circle There's an old root I spotted Big hole like that cancerous lung I'll hide in there I think Playing as the mist Slowing raising from the soil While I keep dissolving into thin cold air My arms as dried branches My heart as an old burl Let's get a fire on At least Smoke I inhale Smoke I may become I'm neither here or there Neither here or there Solitude is what I keep being called to stand for A ghost trail I keep find directions for Keep walking one way Keep leaving no trace Keep being blind Keep looking up to the sky

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 12, 2026

I see you rising Where spheres collide Up to the highest of all And here I stare This shining nightmare again You The humming voice I keep hearing the whisper Parasitic mind getting closer and closer A second and third layer of skin Begging for some life and warmth You are the firmament I wander in There When my sight loses hope And I fail myself again I'm just nerves Tired bones A scared heart You are that shadow filling my eyes My guard is down again There's still no will Desire or strength To fight that back You may be as lonely as I feel But the emptiness around you is cosmic Immense While mine tastes just like flesh I slip further Faster And I keep looking there At that grinning void That ate you All what I'm gaining Is a self feeding rage Stealing my traits Long liquefied echoes Shape my memories And I wonder If nine stars blinking Are those nine fingers of yours Ready to grab me And this blind run That is my life

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 12, 2026

I hold my balance Through Death and Cosmos Soil and rusty nails in one hand Moon rays on the other Nose up to the sky Feet sinking in this swamp Half way to both direction I am the broken scale I am where wind blows Heavy but weightless Silent as a blaring sudden storm Hidden from your sight Hidden from all your smiles I am the headless horse Running straight to the cliff Clouds may slow down the fall Stardust rain will heal my open wounds And I'll keep going 'Till that black whole Will suck me away Squeezing bones and entrails To a flat dimension Where here is there And fear has not that face anymore I am the black coat Where stars hide in I protect each of them One by one They keep shining to live I let them burning to live To my slow death I aim to Gold rain Particles of infinite Fuse my blood into a timeless space My new lymph is blinking Cast into stones Pulsing through old centenary veins Drawing spirals and eating spirals Spirals eating spirals Stardust rain Clean up my tears Force me to rest Burn to purify Burn to reshape Through ashes Through smoke I'll be again

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 12, 2026