Absolute Nothing

Floating in nothingness
A place without heat
An absolute zero
Without the cold
Simply no sensation at all

No colour
No black or white either
Simply nothing
All around

In a no-place
With no feeling or thought
Endless and without beginning

Non-existence complete
Without memory
Or promise
No hope or future
No being
No is or was

To contemplate this
An aching chasm cracks open
Until I come back to the comfort of being
Seeing the fear, I sense a great sadness
And can only be thankful
Forever to cherish
The value of life
And even death, I suppose
Knowing the alternative