PARADISET
If I could crawl back into
the womb
because right now
I can’t walk.
If I could curl up
knees to my face,
close my eyes,
and sleep
forever.
If I could crawl back into
the womb,
that would be paradise.
And, when I wake-
If I woke-
I would crawl back out,
all the while, unzipping, undoing
this body from my previous self.
A million dreams and terrors left behind me,
no hassle or stress ahead,
just a clean path for life,
and all its
empty delights.
And when I’m on that path again,
I know,
I’d want to turn around,
and crawl right back
into the womb;
because its silence is the only
paradise I know.