After sinking completely, only one thing remains: blood,
trembling once, red. When I touch death, the inside of my skin softly collapses; when I touch life,
the shadow of my bones grows indistinct.
That contradiction alone is proof that I am alive.
In a place unseen, untouched by anyone, defenseless and soundless, I fall apart again and again.
Born in order to die, dying in order to be born—I am placed inside this meaningless mechanism.
Even if skin fades, even if blood grows distant, even if bones themselves dissolve,
coldness and silence persist as relics of the body.
And still, I press my cheek against the world.