Life’s embrace is home

I feel it grasp at my soul

It pulls me into its world

Dare I question its existence?

Will I rip the seams of myself apart

If I am brave enough to

Question and doubt life

Life may exist

Or could it be an excuse

Living may be it

Void at the beginning and end

The middle of a storybook

Is never quite enough

So I will lie to myself

And pretend I don’t doubt

I will tell myself

That life is real

I am real

And everything has its place