{"sf1_id":352900,"sf2_id":"Oe547EN1","title":"Conundrum","author":"Tygepc","words":234,"posted_at":"2012-03-12T20:15:00.000Z","tags":["Burn","Death","Dimension","Fire","Home","Poem","Young","galaxy","goals","life","old","slow","strong","weak"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/352900-conundrum","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Oe547EN1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/32/0a/320a6930-e3fb-4af8-9c78-cefbcaea7ab7","description":"Random, free form poem I wrote almost a month ago.","content":"What is to become of my life?\u0026nbsp;\n\nHow can I possibly slow down and see things in front of my eyes.\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'm trapped in a past that wasn't mine.\u0026nbsp;\n\nDetermined by a multitude of mistakes\u0026nbsp;\n\nJumping from dimension to dimension\u0026nbsp;\n\nEach one like the last, but never home\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'm all alone; drowning in sea of people.\n\nHow does one share experiences that never existed?\n\nHow can I relate to people who keep changing?\u0026nbsp;\n\nHow much can I adapt before I snap?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe future is my past\u0026nbsp;\n\nI can't relate\u0026nbsp;\n\nI can't even begin\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhat is it to find love?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHow to relate when\u0026nbsp;\n\nI have seen a thousand outcomes for a planet\u0026nbsp;\n\nCaught galaxies on fire and stopped time\u0026nbsp;\n\nWorked to improve my life by destroying my being\n\nThese were mere child's play\u0026nbsp;\n\nOld and weak; hard to imagine my future self\n\nI can barely lift a finger\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI am a puppet pulling my own strings\u0026nbsp;\n\nShadow dancing for others\n\nAll the while dangling by a thread\u0026nbsp;\n\nI was made to please\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI worked to save my life\u0026nbsp;\n\nOnly to die in the freedom\u0026nbsp;\n\nIs it inevitable\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat forever is\n\nBut never really?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI don't think so\n\nThere is always choice\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere is always will\u0026nbsp;\n\nI will make it home\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat home is my goal\n\nAnd that goal will set me free\u0026nbsp;\n\nDeath from freedom?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEndless cycle\n\n  \n  \n\n"}