Use Once and Destroy

Existential conundrum

Use Once and Destroy

It starts with joy and ends with pain.

Chills turn to needles, the sickness begins.

The two become one.

As soon as the transformation takes,

the cells begin to divide and the schism grows.

Slowly the whole begins to break down.

The rejected cell degrades, forcing the devolution.

Stripping the cell of all nutrition and power,

Preparing it, for the resurrection.

Days, months, a trillion years in the making.

Evolving it into something else.

Something stronger than it was.

Eons pass as the transformation comes to an end,

The cell is stronger but it will happen again.

The one will become two, the two will become one,

and the cycle of degradation will begin a new.

-Jaspar

Reviews

[Alucard6336]

At first, I swear this was about drugs. Then, I thought it was about reincarnation. Either way, (as you can tell) it captured my imagination. Great work, very fluid and well written.

[Jaspar]

Wow! Thanks for feedback. Very encouraging. The true meaning behind this poem is love and love lost. It's about the pain that comes from losing someone close to you. I guess in a way it is about reincarnation. Love dies and is reborn in a different form. Thanks again for the positive feedback.