as she left her womb,
\nthrust out by a violent birth
\ni knew that she and I
\nwere destined for the most
\nintimate of all relationships
\ntime stood still
\nas I watched her
\ninexorably sail towards me
\nso she and I would join
\nin one final embrace
\nto complete an event
\nborn in eternity
\nfor since the first explosions
\nthat formed the universe
\nand the first metals had been created
\nshe and I had been preparing for this one event
\nhow may forms must she have taken
\nhow many hands must have shaped her
\nand how many eons must have formed her
\nand how many men must have used her
\nbefore she left for this final journey
\nbetween me and her
\nas I looked around and saw
\nthe head of my friend’s daughter
\nexplode, the blood sailing outwards
\nand the drops, finding their own individuality
\nfalling on the table cloth, astonishingly
\nin the most even geometric pattern
\nand yet as I looked up
\nshe was still travelling towards me
\nI said my silent goodbyes
\nto loved ones that could never be part
\nof the intimacy with which
\nthe bullet and I would meet
\nin one final embrace
\nI looked at the eyes
\nof the young man
\nthat held the rifle
\nthat had exploded her out
\nto her final journey
\ndo you know me, young man?
\nas you avert your eyes
\nso casually looking for your next target
\ndid you think of me ?
\nof who I might be
\nof my loved ones
\nor yours ?
\ndo you not think
\nthat in the sheer carelessness
\nof this one event
\nthat you and I now know each other ?
\nthat we will be tethered together
\nforever too ?
\nyour life as altered
\nas has mine
\nas has
\nall those I love
\nand who love me
\nI want you to remember me young man
\nI would hate to be someone random
\nthat you had no interest in
\nbut the need to squeeze the trigger
\noccupied as you were
\nwith thoughts of greater glory
\nof martyrdom
\nin your own inevitable death
\nyet you were the mere instrument
\none small cog
\nalmost insignificant
\nin the bullet’s journey towards me
\nas we finally meet
\nthe anticipation of pain
\nnever coming
\nas the embrace of death
\nflowed through my body
\ngoodbye my love
\nif only I had known
\nthis would be the last time
\nI would see you
\nI would have touched your cheeks
\nlooked into your eyes
\nsofty caressed your hand
\nlooked back and smiled
\nand tried to make time stay still
\njust for a little while
\nbut little did I know
\nthat the bullet and I
\nwere destined to finally meet tonight
\nafter waiting for an eon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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