Feel Your Size

By Alex Gibbs

Ethereal bliss,

Waterfalls streaming down.

You are at ease with your existence.

But a feeling lurks; 

in the depths of your mind.

One of existential dread.

Fearing the inevitable,

But simultaneously accepting it.

A stench of cognitive dissonance.

You tell yourself that you’re ready,

For what the next world has to offer,

But that feeling creeps up every so often.

And you know, that deep down

You can’t handle the truth of life

For that is the human condition.

Life is conditional.

Death is not.

The next time you stare emptily out,

at the world in front of your window,

remember that your existence is 

a precious gift,

not to be wasted.

Feel your size.