Immortality
Published in
May 30, 2021
Did you perchance
on your twelfth birthday blow the candles
and wish for immortality?
Because the lord said yes, child, you shall—
and he went on to work
in a mysterious way.
But he didn’t mean immortal like himself;
oh, no,
no one is as immortal as he is.
He didn’t mean immortal like the few freak accidents
where people throw themselves off buildings
and miraculously survive.
He didn’t mean immortal like how
people in their twenties feel
on exceptionally clear nights.
He meant one day you will meet a writer and
you will, despite all your good intentions,
break his heart.
