Fallen
I’ve fallen through myself
down and through this bed
through the quilted mattress
and the wire framed mesh.
Laid briefly upon the carpet
then fell a little more
through the wooly fibres
to the ceiling below.
Down through the light fitting
down through the floor
through mossy damp foundations
wires, pipes and spores.
Sunk deep into the ground
past spiders, bugs and worms
then further from myself
sinking deep into the earth.
Through the sedimentary layers
and seas of molten rock
where I thought I’d boil to nothing
but still I didn’t stop.
Through lava, mud and oceans
out the other side
endless falling, drawing motion
down through the skies.
Through and past the clouds
sunk out and past the earth
so far from everyone
further still from myself.
Where thoughts of all I love
don’t make any difference
I just fell further still
only a dot out in the distance.
Past the stars and planets
all those that we have names for
and then to skies uncharted
still I didn’t stop.
Fallen for eternities
past the edges of all there is
as I lay next to you
here in this bed.