I am suspended in a cold, empty dimension without borders or landmarks. I spend eternity searching unsuccessfully for a way out of this purgatory. While I long to escape, I have nothing to push against in this place of nothingness. Any attempts to plan an escape dissolve into the emptiness. If one does find a way to leave this dimension, it is by an unmarked trail that cannot be followed by others.

1. A Place WithoutBorders
I plummetintoaninfinitedimension
Suspendedincoldwater
To stagnate and lie fallow
Until the endof everything
I cry at nothing
My rejoicingishollow
I spendeternitylookingforthe finite
I lie shieldedfromreality
I lookforthe staircase
Out of thispurgatory
I reach forthe stars
Onlyto findI’ve movedbutafewfeet
Andam no closerthan before.
I enteredwithoutmovement
Yet I mustbuildupmomentum
To escape
True; butI have nothingto pushagainst
Exceptmy ownlament.
Andeventhatdissolvesinthe nothingness
Despair,despair;

2. Eventhat has no place here
For thisisno place.
Notevenruinsfromwhichto planmy escape.
I lookforexamples
For an apt precedent
I findemptinessand nothingness;
If one doesleave here
It isby an unmarked trail
That otherscannot follow.
The end;the beginning
Theydo not belonghere
Christmay have beenthe alphaandthe omega
But I am the mediocre middle.