I take a cup of water and shake it up like dice on a gambling table,
throwing it out to watch it splash down on the invisible webs
plucking as my eyes, at my hands, at my will.
The droplets reveal them, more than I knew there were
(though I had suspicions), stretching far back into the past
where I thought it didn’t matter anymore.
But it seems that though the spiders have long since died,
their silk is as strong as it ever was, and has bound me
more tight than I can bear.
I have nothing that can cut them, so I must work to unravel them instead.
I don’t know how much time it will take. It doesn’t matter,
as long as I make sure to live along the way.
Treeshallow Musings 