Oblivion

Navaris Darson

I once cradled a universe 

inside—the light of billions 

of galaxies flowing through 

my arteries and veins 

as I vibrated in synchronicity

with the rhythm of all creation

every stem in my system 

a conductor for the sublime

that formless non-entity that 

was before—is now—will be 

that gave itself form 

so that it could be held

as he once held me—divinity

at rest in the arms of divinity 

until he betrayed our ecstasy,

and I was then fated 

to love a man who created 

worlds and obliterated them later 

the serenity of paradise given

then coldly rescinded 

a universe snuffed out

and then—oblivion

October 30, 2020