L’appel du Grotte

Poetry by Trenton Bibee

It Eats and so it Lives

You don’t crave knowledge

You crave the lack of it

You descend for the lack of it

L’appel du Vide

It offers you peace

Shadows of people

Shadows of problems

Can you still hear the birds?

What is more real, the shadow, or the flame

You can’t stop, you don’t want to

Didn’t Father warn you of me

You’ve walked a long way

Do you hunger?

You don’t crave knowledge

You crave the lack of it

You descend for the lack of it

Like a headlamp in the ocean

Eve did not seek knowledge

She sought the gaps

You have to dig deeper to find Nirvana

Deeper

Deeper

Was it enough for Mr. Collins

Trading crystals for sand

You do not continue because you know the way

You continue because you don’t

You lust for me, I hunger for you

Can you still hear the birds?

They are louder here, they know why

Embrace me, you always do

You can’t stop, you don’t want to

Didn’t Father warn you of me

Stare at me, I stare back with your own eyes

Not, gold, nor diamond, nor fame

You don’t crave knowledge

You crave the lack of it

You descend for the lack of it

L’appel du Grotte

It Eats and so it Lives