Picture A Vacuum
Kae Tempest
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Picture a vacuum An endless and unmoving blackness Peace, or the absence at least, of terror I see, and amongst all this space That speck of light in the furthest corner Gold as a pharaoh's coffin Now follow that light with your tired eyes Its been a long day, I know, but look Watch as it flickers and it roars Into fullness and fills the Whole frame blazing a fire you Can't bear the majesty of here is our Sun And look See how the planets are dangled around it And held in that intricate dance There is our Earth our Earth Its blueness soothes the sharp Burn in your eyes Its contours remind you of love That soft roundness The comfort of ocean and land mass Picture the world Older than she ever thought that she'd get She looks at herself as she spins Arms loaded with the trophies of Her most successful child The pylons and mines The powerplants shimmer in her still Cool breath now, is that a smile that Plays across her lips Or is it a tremor of dread? The sadness of mothers as they watch The fates of their children unfold in now In fast kaleidoscopic vision The colours like drugs in your belly Churning Now everything's flashing and the waves Are magnified as they Roll up towards you and you're tiny as sand Just a speck And as you approach the surface All of that peace that you felt is Replaced with this furious neverknown passion You're feeling The people, the life, their faces are bright In your body, you're feeling You want to be close to them, closer 'Cause these are your species, your kindred Where have you landed? Uncurl yourself, stand up And look at your limbs All intact, clothed in the fashion This is a city, let's call her London And these are the only times you have known "Is this what it's come to?" You think "What am I to make of all this?"
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Written by: DANIEL DE MUSSENDEN CAREY, KATE TEMPEST
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