happiness II

imaginea utilizatorului Virgil
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there was a time you didn’t exist
a time even the thought of your existence wasn’t there
there was a time your parents didn’t exist
your grandparents and your great-grandparents were not born
there was a time your ancestors didn’t exist
not even the tribes you’re coming from
there was a time your nation history didn’t exist
a time when your country was nowhere and neither was the land under your feet
the ruins from beyond history
the people that built them didn’t exist
and even the people before them
a time when there were no rivers and no hills
the continent you are walking on didn’t exist
a time the earth was nowhere to be found
and nobody knew anything about you
a time when stars of your constellation weren’t born
a time when even matter wasn’t there
a time when everything you are had no importance
and no significance at all

there will come a day when you will die
they will take your body and place it in a grave
your things into storage
there will come a day they will demolish your house
burn the very last thing that belonged to you
there will come a day your children will die
so will your grandchildren and your great grandchildren
and all your memory will disappear together with them
as it would have never been
there will come a day the descendants of your descendants will disappear
your name will disappear and so will the last trace of your heredity
there will come a day your city will disappear
your country and the tongue you speak
there will come a day even the myths about your world
and every thought of it will disappear
there will come a day when the continent where you’ are living now will disappear
your planet and every being that had anything in common with you will vanish
there will come a day when nobody will ever remember you
your deeds or your thoughts
there will come a day
when it will be of no importance or significance at all
wether or not you ever existed

when you’ll allow these two things to sink deep inside you
so deep that you’ll feel their taste in your mouth
and their piercing inside your guts
when you’ll allow them to fill your lungs
and your brain into unconsciousness
then you will be happy

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