You are about to experience it in its reality. In this moment, know yourself, and abide in that state. I lie down in a river of love Go to the edge and fall Plunge to the deep and hold my breath Braced against the oncoming I lie down in a river of blood Go to the edge and die a thousand times Look to the viscous barrier I might end, I might heal this night At the point beyond which something will happen At the point beyond which something will occur The morning was fine. I saw a red dragonfly land on the wall in front of me The words of a Hiroshima survivor, Describing his surroundings ten minutes before the blast