it’s like a hexagonal frame

that encompasses you, not just in the now

but you in the past, the present, and the future

it extends into the depths from which you emerged and into the depths of which you will inevitably be sucked into

and starts from the center of your vision

the core of your body

the tiniest ember that birthed the fire that is your soul

and it just whizzes past you

at a speed so fast you cannot even think to catch it let alone stop it

at a speed so slow that you witness this undoubtedly single frame multiply into thousands as it moves through you, past you, around you

at a speed or lack of speed so unrecognizable, so indistinguishable that it travels through all the bounds of time and laws of dimension

and takes you with it, but not alongside it as a companion

but caged inside of it as a prisoner

teasing you with all that it lets you see.

-S.P. Scarlett