Eternity

Eternity

written by: David Gray-Hammond

@emgntdivergence

And what if my face collapsed under the weight of my hands?
Lying in bed waiting for sleep to come,
The weight of 1000 tortured souls resting in my palms,
Singing softly to me of trauma’s past,
And the hope that the not so distant future will hold

I think of the people that hold me dear,
Will they be swept away like tears?
Assiduous dust.
My own ignorance is eating me alive,
Ignorance of my emotional tethers,
To a life I was gifted,
Outside of my deserving.

And what if my heart stopped beating?
Body returned to the earth,
Responsibilities washed away like the sands of time,
My impact on the universe is eternal,
It knows I was here.

And what if, like a collapsing star, my life burned so bright as to extinguish all else?
Incinerated iterations of the tyranny I have witnessed,
My impact on the universe is eternal,
It knows I was here.

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David Gray-Hammond

David Gray-Hammond is an autistic addict, sober and in recovery, living in Brighton, UK. He is a presenter and educator for Aucademy. David also presents the podcast "Especially interesting" from Aucademy, which can be found on Spotify. He writes and speaks extensively on the topic of autism, addiction, and mental health, and is working on a poetry collection to capture his life as an autistic addict. He has spoken at a number of conferences and runs the Facebook page Emergent Divergence. His writing can be found on his WordPress site - Emergent Divergence.

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