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call from the void

Hello, it's me, the void. 

I'm calling you again from the depths. It's been a while since we have spoken. Have you been so caught up in your day-to-day that you've forgotten about me? Knock knock. Whisper whisper. I'm still here, patiently waiting, and my business is still the same: To remind you that you're the one who has to make sense of it all. Does that sound challenging or even overwhelming? Nobody said that life was easy.

You've made yourself quite comfortable in your comfort zone, haven't you? Time to look outside it. To push the boundaries that are getting closer and closer, leaving you minimal room to breathe. Or is that what you call life? Is that what you want? You can now ponder this question before your first coffee, on the train, or in your dreams. No, I don't have an answer either, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. Haha. That would be waaay to easy. Boring. Pointless. Neither will I promise that you'll find one. Unlike most things in your life, I'm not an algorithm programmed to fulfill each of your trivial little desires and providing you with fast and cheap pleasures.  

But what you indeed have to do is look me in the face. Face me. Completely. With all my dark und uncomfortable edges. I'll poke you, oh yes, I will. You need to wake up.

That's all I wanted to say. That's that. Do with it whatever you want. See you next time, your black hole. 

It's going down. Deep down.


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