we can reach the end of the galaxy, but can we see into our planet’s core?
the human animal has found its way into the mystery of space. they have created metallic tools and flying machines able to break free of their atmospheric prison into the emptiness of starlit plains. they have found the ability to navigate existence, though they are infants.
desire to be free, weightless, float amongst the stars. get them higher until they break through the wall of previous understanding. those who cannot rise keep their eyes down and minds closed.
mistakes have been made. an open door and the breathe is taken from their lungs; left emptied of that which gave them life. air and water. what is needed. air and water. to enter that space, they abandoned what is needed;
to greet the void.
it cannot nourish them, no matter how desperately they desire to exist with it. the void will never nourish them. the human animal was not meant to exist so far away from its atmospheric roots. yet,
they refuse, they resist. they bring their planet’s life with them. they bring plants, food preservation able to survive the lack, phones to call their mothers. they build castles orbiting the rock of their origin. they bring life,
air and water.
Posted Apr 24, 2017, 4:08 PM UTC · edited
We've read a lot on the subject of space exploration, yet it is weird and refreshing to say that you've come up with an original take on it. But to think of it differently, the void is all around us, the ocean won't let us delve within unless we prepare the proper tools for it, for when we do, we can explore it to find life, different from ours, yet life nonetheless, even in the bottomless bottoms where fish have lights for eyes and blades for teeth. That's the void within.
But the void without is much more unforgiving, since it doesn't support life itself, but it can be the thick ribbon that separates it. I have a lot to say on the subject, but I'm lazy like that.
I have to say that the piece doesn't look complete, since you haven't talked about the earth's core, otherwise you would've titled it "Air and Water", I know I wouldn't resist such a title.