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Edge of Eternity

June 23, 2021
By Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
179 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me


I am a shipmate’s girl on a sea of corn. I have found the edge of the world. It is sleepy and unending here, and you don’t need to fear falling. The air is fragrant like poppy-scented Nyquil. I have found the edge of the world, and the phlox grows deep into the river. The wind is like candycanes. You can breathe as long and deep as you like. No guardrails, no warning, no desperation, no vice, no harsh words, no electrical wires. The feeling of beauty is so palpable; it’s like scuba-diving. Your thoughts are like bits of torn magazines. No beginning and no end. No logic or reason. You can just breathe the wind like candycanes.


The author's comments:

Just close your eyes and imagine yourself at the edge of the world...ah.


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Lydiaq ELITE said...
on Jun. 27 2021 at 4:18 pm
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
179 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me

oh ill have to see that one too

on Jun. 27 2021 at 3:23 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
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Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)<br /> <br /> "Upon his bench the pieces lay<br /> As if an artwork on display<br /> Of gears and hands<br /> And wire-thin bands<br /> That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

oh this reminds me of step into a dawn cloud. it was somewhere between poem and story. at the time I hated poems s I put it in fiction. i wrote it to the reader but with me in the story. your poem is so blissful...