emotionless
is what i feel right now
as if the shadow of
the sword of damocles
was not hanging above my head
but hunting me down
on the street
on my bicycle
breathing in the past
not yet breathing out
what’s about to come
there is no fear
no enthusiasm
no joy
no anger
no excitement
no pain
there is just

N O T H I N G

left in the whole
of the darkness
of my mind
a black hole
that absorbed everything
that’s even possible
in the entire universe
and beyond
i know about the wisdom
all the joy
and the anger
of course
i know about the anger
but it’s all

G O N E

at some point
on a long process
there is too much in the past
that you can’t even imagine
that there will be
just one more day
everything was okay
yesterday
but then
the next day happened
and tomorrow will be soon
it will be today
and then
all of a sudden
today will be tomorrow
and tomorrow will be
yesterday

and when this happens
emotion might return

maybe.

        © Dominik Alexander / 2024