My Essence

Which speck within the void

carries my presence

the entity that will be known as me

   holding my very essence

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Was I born before the wind

and conceived before time

Searching the universe for answers

to questions I’ve yet to find

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Am I a star that’s gone nova

then disappears high in the night

Or an ember that glows brightest

just before vanishing out of sight

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Am I an illusion, mirage or fallacy

or a dream that someone had

Is it all done with smoke and mirrors

will the answers make me sad

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Could I be another streaking meteor

as across the sky I soar

Or that bright twinkle in a star

that burned out a thousand years before

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I know I am an old soul

from some ancient forgotten place

Who keeps returning again and again

through the mist of time and space

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So each time the universe tilts

and the planets are all aligned

Will I be that unknown anomaly

passing through one more time

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penned by:  Carole Mathys