Blood Vessel

I can feel the blood pumping inside my head

My own life, killing me

I harbour another life inside

A secret life, placed there by my friend

It grows inside, steals my energy

It grows inside me

I am a vessel

Sailing the sea of time

I am a vessel

Empty, and making a useless noise

I am a vessel

Of my family

I am a vessel

I am everything except me

I am a million cells

A million prisons that enclose my life

Trapped like a silent monk

Worshipping something I will never see

I am nothing but the universe

I am all life

And nothing

Nothing at all

I am

Therefore I am

Therefore I was

Before I will be

But what will I be?

What will I be in the days and years to come?

What will I be?

And will I ever be free

Of the destiny that calls to me?

The destiny of long slow death

My body falling to pieces

And my thoughts dying with every breath I take

With every breath I take

With every breath I take

I come closer

I come closer to something I cannot see